Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Suliman isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suliman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 286
- 286 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,614 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,614 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 488 as a first name in 2020; 1,204 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.
Suliman’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Suliman is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Сулиман.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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