Meaning, origin and history of the name Sulayman

Gender Masculine

Scripts سليمان (Arabic) سۇلايمان (Uyghur Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. /su.laj.ˈmaːn/ (Arabic) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Arabic form of Solomon. It appears in the Quran.

VariantsSulaiman (Arabic) Slimane (Arabic (Maghrebi))

Other Languages & CulturesSulejman (Albanian) Süleyman (Azerbaijani) Shallum, Solomon (Biblical) Salomo (Biblical Dutch) Salomon (Biblical French) Salomo (Biblical German) Salomon, Solomon (Biblical Greek) Shallum, Shelomo (Biblical Hebrew) Salomone (Biblical Italian) Salomon, Solomon (Biblical Latin) Salomon (Biblical Polish) Salomón (Biblical Spanish) Salomo (Biblical Swedish) Sulejman, Suljo (Bosnian) Solomon (English) Salomon (French) Sulaiman (Hausa) Shalom, Shlomo (Hebrew) Suleiman (History) Salamon (Hungarian) Sulaiman (Indonesian) Solomon, Sol, Solly (Jewish) Süleimen (Kazakh) Sulaiman (Malay) Soleiman (Persian) Salomão (Portuguese) Shalim (Semitic Mythology) Salomón (Spanish) Süleyman (Turkish) Süleýman (Turkmen) Souleymane (Western African) Zalman (Yiddish)

Surname DescendantsSulaymani (Arabic) Slimani (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Sulaymanov, Sulaymanova (Kyrgyz)