Given name & surname
Sultana
“an empress; queen; ruler”
Sultana is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “an empress; queen; ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “an empress; queen; ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sultana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 275
- 0 boys · 275 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +58%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 14 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,523 as a first name in 2020; 5,904 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.
Sultana’s family of names
Sultana has a related form in Sultaana. Sultana has a related form in Sultanah. Sultana has a related form in Sultanna.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sultana
- Sultana KhayaSahrawi human rights activistborn 1901
- Sultana N. NaharBangladeshi-American physicistborn 1955
- Sultana FrizellCanadian hammer throwerborn 1984
- Sultana FirdousiBangladeshi poetborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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