Sundus
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SUN-dus
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Sundus is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “fine silk”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Sundus mean?
Arabic
“fine silk”
The Qur'an describes the people of paradise wearing green garments of sundus, fine silk.
Is Sundus a girl's or a boy's name?
Sundus is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sundus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Sundus, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sundus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Sundus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Sundus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Sundus, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Sundus in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sundus in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
Names like Sundus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Sumayyah, Hiba, Summer, Ayat, Safaa, Sama, Amira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sundus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sundus, updated 20 October 2026.