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What Does sultan Mean in Names?

sultan means “power, authority; sultan” and comes from Arabic. It appears in 4 published names on this site.

Arabic sulṭān, whose basic senses are power, rule and authority, and which also became the title of a Muslim sovereign. Turkic languages use it both as a title and as a name or name component.

4 sultan boy names

  1. Beksultan

    “chieftain, master + sultan”
    From Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  2. Nursultan

    “light + sultan”
    From Arabic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

  3. Sultan

    “power, authority; sultan”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  4. Zhansultan

    “soul + sultan”
    From Classical Persian and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

Often combined with

bek (1 name)nur (1 name)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “сұлтан”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 92946870. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Kazakh сұлтан 'sultan', via Classical Persian from Arabic سُلْطَان

  2. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “سلطان”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 93626978. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Arabic سلطان: power, strength; rule, dominion; authority