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Sultan - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Sultan

[ 2 syll. sul-tan, su-lt-an ] The boy name Sultan is pronounced SAHLTahN †. Sultan's origin is African-Swahili, and its use, Swahili. The name means 'ruler'.

Sultan is not regularly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Sultan include Selden, Seldon, Sheldan, Shelden (English), Sheldon (English), Shelton (English), Skelton, Saladin (Arabic), and Salah-al-Din (Arabic).

 



† English pronunciation for Sultan: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Sultan