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What Does sulu Mean in Names?

sulu means “beautiful” and comes from Turkic. It appears in 20 published names on this site.

A Kipchak Turkic adjective for beautiful: Kazakh сұлу and Kyrgyz сулуу. It is used as the closing element of female names such as Aysulu / Aysuluu.

Origin

Wiktionary connects it with an older Turkic form *sïlïğ / silig 'beauty, beautiful'.

18 sulu girl names

  1. Aisulu

    “beautiful as the moon”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  2. Aisuluu

    “moon-beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Aisylu

    “beautiful as the moon”
    From Turkic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Aksulu

    “white beauty”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Aksylu

    “fair beauty”
    From Turkic · Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Aysuluu

    “moon + beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  7. Beksulu

    “noble beauty”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  8. Kunsulu

    “sun + beautiful”
    From Kipchak · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  9. Minsylu

    “beauty with a birthmark”
    From Turkic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  10. Nursulu

    “radiant beauty”
    From Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  11. Nursuluu

    “radiant beauty”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  12. Nursylu

    “radiant beauty”
    From Arabic and Turkic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  13. Sulu

    “beautiful”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  14. Sulukhan

    “beautiful + khan”
    From Kipchak · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

  15. Sulushash

    “beautiful-haired”
    From Turkic · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  16. Sylu

    “beautiful”
    From Turkic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  17. Tansuluu

    “beauty of the dawn”
    From Turkic · Kyrgyz
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  18. Tansylu

    “beautiful as the dawn”
    From Turkic · Tatar, Bashkir
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

1 sulu names for girls and boys

  1. Zhansulu

    “beautiful soul”
    From Persian and Turkic · Kazakh
    Unisex3 syllablesEditorial

Often combined with

ay (4 names)nur (3 names)ak (2 names)gün (2 names)bek (1 name)can (1 name)han (1 name)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “сулуу”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 87926681. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Kyrgyz adjective beautiful (animate)

  2. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “сұлу”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 92195818. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Kazakh adjective beautiful; noun beauty; from a reconstructed *sïlïğ/silig