Suleyman (name) explained

Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of Suleiman (the Arabic name Arabic: سليمان). It means 'man of peace'. Notable people with the name include:

Suleyman

• Suleyman I of Rûm or Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state in Anatolia
• Suleyman (mansa), mansa of Mali (1341–1360)
• Sulayman al-Arabi, wali of Barcelona
• Suleyman Shah (d. 1227 or 1228), grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
• Chimene Suleyman, 21st-century UK-born US-based writer

Süleyman

• Süleyman Aktaş, Turkish serial killer
• Süleyman Atlı (born 1994), Turkish freestyle sport wrestler
• Süleyman Başak, Turkish economist
• Süleyman Demirel (1924–2015), Turkish politician and 9th President of Turkey
• Süleyman Fehim, Ottoman teacher and poet
• Süleyman Genç (1944–2022), Turkish politician
• Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet
• Süleyman Nuri (1895–1966), Ottoman Russian communist politician
• Süleyman Yalçın (1926–2016), Turkish physician and conservative thinker
• Süleyman Zorba (born 1995), Turkish-born Austrian politician