Sui
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Sui by the numbers
Sui was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Sui
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sui. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Surisun or rose28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sailord; a form of sayi27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sukibeloved or liked24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Srisacred; auspicious; venerable13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunthe star at centre of solar system13 in the US (2017)
- Suelily; diminutive of Susan10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sui
Names that are said the same way as Sui, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Su11 in the US (2017)