Given name & surname
Sule
“an adventurous man”
Sule is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “an adventurous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “an adventurous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
How it developed
In English usage, Sule as a surname developed from SZILVESZTER.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sule through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 311 as a first name in 2020; 775 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sule’s family of names
In English usage, Sule as a surname developed from SZILVESZTER.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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