Suhail
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning smooth or gentle.
Suhail by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Suhail. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Suhail
Forms of Suhail in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Suhail. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sohailcanopus star; gentle or easy4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suhaibreddish brown; pure14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suhaylsmooth; easy; gentle4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sahilshore or coast25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suhaybreddish; blond-haired23 in the US (2017)
- Suhaaneasy, pleasant, or agreeable4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Suhail, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Paulsmall or humble1,684 in the US (2017)
- Terrencesoft, tender; a form of Terence261 in the US (2017)
- Advikunique, one of a kind, singular52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Coyquiet; modest; still waters142 in the US (2017)
- Daracompassion, kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Garethgentle; kind88 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Suhail
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