MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sulaiman mean?
Sulaiman is a Roman transcription of Arabic Sulaymān, the Arabic form of Solomon. The biblical Hebrew name belongs to the peace-word family, and the Arabic form is well established in Islamic tradition.
The ai and ay spellings represent transliteration choices. Sulaiman is not a new compound of separate modern syllables, and the name does not establish a bearer’s religion.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān).
A male given name, Sulaiman, from Arabic
Wiktionary: Sulaiman (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sulaiman in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Sulaiman
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Arman♂Cebuano Armand/Armando shortening; Persian wish-name also exists
- Manman♂Repeated familiar form with Manuel, Manny, Emman, or Norman bases
- Susan♀Lily; form of Susanna
- Susana♀Form of Susanna; lily-name tradition
- Susmita♀Lovely smile or well-smiling
- Usman♂Form of Arabic Uthman, a young-bustard name
- German♂Form of Germanus; brother
- Germán♂Spanish form of Germanus; brother
What rhymes with Sulaiman?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Sulaiman
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sulaiman (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Sulaiman (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: sulayman (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Sulayman (opens in a new tab)
Explicit lexical or parent-name step in the described formation.
- Wiktionary: Solomon (opens in a new tab)
Explicit lexical or parent-name step in the described formation.