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Suleiman - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Suleiman

[ syll. su-lei-man, sul-eim-an ] The boy name Suleiman is pronounced SUWL-AYMahN KEY. Suleiman has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in Arabic. Suleiman is a variant form of Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic).

Suleiman is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly related to Suleiman, Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Suleiman include Salaman (Hungarian), Salamen (Polish), Salamon (Hungarian), Salamone (Italian), Salamun (Czech), Salomão (Portuguese), Salomo (German and Scandinavian), Salomon (Finnish, French, German, Polish, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Salomón (Spanish), Selewyn (English), Selino (Italian), Sileno (Spanish), Silino (Italian), Solaiman (Arabic), Soloman (English), Solomon (English, Hebrew, Romanian, and Slavic), Sulaiman (Arabic), Sulayman (Arabic), Süleyman (Arabic and Turkish), and Celino (Italian and Spanish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Suleiman: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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