Sulayman as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sulayman

What is the meaning of the name Sulayman ?

The baby name Sulayman is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced soo-LAY-mahn.

Sulayman is Arabic, Hebrew in Origin.

Sulayman is the Arabic form of Solomon, written سُلَيْمَان Sulaymān. Its earliest well-attested ancestor is Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה, usually vocalized Šəlōmōh or Shelomoh, from the Northwest Semitic root š-l-m, peace, wholeness, or soundness. Arabic represents the same consonantal root as s-l-m; the name’s u-ay-ān shape is an Arabic adaptation rather than a direct common noun. The literal sense is peaceful or man of peace.

In Islamic tradition Sulayman is the prophet-king of the Quran, corresponding to Solomon in Jewish and Christian scripture. The name was borne by early figures such as the Umayyad caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik and later by Ottoman Sultan Süleyman I, Suleiman the Magnificent in English. Spellings vary with language and transliteration: Sulaiman in South and Southeast Asia, Süleyman in Turkish, Sulejman in the Balkans, and Slimane in the Maghreb. U.S. SSA data show modest use since 1989, peaking in 2017.