Given name

Sulu

“hope, wish”

Sulu is a unisex given name, meaning “hope, wish.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sulu means “hope, wish.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

SuluSülü

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Similar names

If you love Sulu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Virtue

Surato

“good grace”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

saḇrō

“Sabrisho; my hope is Jesus”

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Virtue

śōbha

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Arabic · Virtue

Sêvdîn

“sword of the faith”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Saladen

“one who is righteous in his faith”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Sabır

“patience, forbearance”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Umutt

“filled with hope”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Saabira

“having great patience”

No U.S. birth series

25% boys · 75% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sulu’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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