Sulayman

“Peace — Arabic form of Solomon, from Hebrew shalom” — Arabic (from Hebrew via Solomon/Suleiman) origin

Boy's name · #2300 in the US (2025) · Trending

Sulayman is climbing: on the charts since 1989, it reached #2300 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 60 boys given the name last year. Roughly 740 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Sulaiman (#1597), Sulayman would rank around #1204 with about 170 births last year — the newborns split about 64/36 between Sulaiman and Sulayman.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,400 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 4,300 boys in France (2025) · about 1 in 7,900 boys in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sulaymans

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik — Umayyad caliph
Sulayman ibn al-Hakam — ruler of Córdoba (r. 1009-10, 1013-16)
Sulayman al-Baruni — Berber Ibadi scholar, poet, statesman and a prominent figure in the history of Libya
Sulayman Marreh — Gambian association football player
Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A’mash — Islamic scholar (680 – 764/65)

What Sulaymans become

Among 82 notable people named Sulayman:

Military figures appear 3.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sulayman ibn Hisham, 8th-century Umayyad prince and general.

Similar names: Sulaiman · Jahsir · Shulem · Shmiel · Ayman · Iman

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