Given name & surname

Sunak

Sunak is a surname from Hindi.

Original Hindiसुनक

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sunak comes from Hindi.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hindi सुनक.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sunak’s family of names

In Hindi usage, Sunak as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of सुनक. In English usage, Sunak as a surname was borrowed from the Hindi form सुनक.

Walk Sunak’s family in the name graph

SunakसुनकСунак

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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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.

Similar names

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

Hindi

Saarik

“resembling a small songbird”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Suramya

Suramya is a masculine given name from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

38% boys · 62% girls

Hindi

Burdak

Burdak is a surname from Hindi.

No U.S. birth series

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Hindi

Subhadra

“in Hinduism, the sister of Krishna”

No U.S. birth series

2% boys · 98% girls

Hindi

Singhal

Singhal is a surname from Hindi.

No U.S. birth series

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Hindi

Susmita

“lovely smile”

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

Hindi

Subhuja

“an auspicious Apsara (heavenly nymph)”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Arabic

Saraf

“money charger”

No U.S. birth series

20% boys · 80% girls

Sibling ideas

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