Sulaymaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-lay-MAAN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
Sulaymaan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies).
What does Sulaymaan mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Sulayman, the Arabic form of Solomon
“peaceful”
A spelling of Sulayman, the Arabic form of Solomon, the prophet-king who in the Quran commands the jinn.
Is Sulaymaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sulaymaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sulaymaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Sulaymaan, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
2025 had the most boys named Sulaymaan of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Sulaymaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 260 boys in the UK were given Sulaymaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #221, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Sulaymaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
Names like Sulaymaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Mustafa, Zayaan, Azaan, Zayd, Zayan, Huzaifa, Umar, Ahmed
Other spellings of Sulaymaan
Names related to Sulaymaan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sulaymaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sulaymaan, updated 20 October 2026.