Suleyman (name)

Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of Suleiman (the Arabic name 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