Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Suleiman Name Meaning in Islam
Solomon.
- Meaning
- Solomon. Ottoman/Turkish/North African spelling
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Urdu
- سلیمان
- Meaning in Urdu
- حضرت سلیمان علیہ السلام: نبیِّ بادشاہ، جنہیں جن، پرندے اور ہوا مسخر کیے گئے
- Pronunciation
- su-LEI-man
- Lucky number
- 2
Is Suleiman an Islamic name? On the site's editorial reading, yes (this is not a religious ruling): Suleiman is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Solomon. Ottoman/Turkish/North African spelling. It was carried by Suleiman the Magnificent. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
س-ل-م. Variant of Sulaymān, prophet-king and son of Dāwūd (AS). Sūrat al-Naml (Q 27) recounts his story.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Sin secret, Lam authority, Ya reaching, Mim love, Alif origin, Nun depth.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Suleiman's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Sami, the All-Hearing, carried by a person as the alertness to hear what is not being said aloud. A person named Suleiman carries a full weather system inside a single quiet chest.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Solomon, the Ottoman/Turkish/North African spelling. Suleiman the Magnificent (1494-1566), the greatest Ottoman Sultan, under whom the empire reached its peak. Top Turkish, North African, and West African boys name.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Suleiman the Magnificent . Ottoman Sultan, longest-reigning sultan, called al-Qanuni for his legal codifications
How to Pronounce Suleiman
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the س Sin influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Suleiman
What does the name Suleiman mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Suleiman? →
Is Suleiman mentioned in the Quran?
The Quran shapes more Islamic names than any other source. See where Suleiman sits among them. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Suleiman mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Suleiman carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Suleiman a good Islamic name?
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Is Suleiman a boy or girl name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Suleiman in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Suleiman is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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