Given name & surname
Souleymane
Souleymane is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Souleymane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 447
- 447 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,020 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,020 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2007. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 795 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Souleymane’s family of names
In French usage, Souleymane has a conventional equivalent in the English form Solomon. In French usage, Souleymane has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Salomon. In French usage, Souleymane has a conventional equivalent in the Breton form Salaün.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Souleymane has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Souleymane
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-MalikUmayyad caliph675–717
- Souleymane CisséMalian film director (1940–2025)
- Souleymane DiawaraSenegalese and French footballerborn 1978
- Solomana KanteGuinean writer1922–1987
- Souleymane CamaraSenegalese and French footballerborn 1982
- Souleymane SanéSenegalese footballerborn 1961
- Souleymane YoulaGuinean footballerborn 1981
- Souleymane CissokhoFrench amateur welterweight boxerborn 1991
- Souleymane CoulibalyCôte d'Ivoire association footballerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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