Names

Variant of Sumner.

Originally indicated the bearer was from a town of this name, derived from Old English sumor “summer” and feld “field”.

Toponymic name from German places named Sulzbach meaning “salty stream”, derived from Old High German sulza “salty water” and bah “stream”.

Bengali, Urdu and Maltese form of Sultan.

From a nickname meaning “sultan, ruler” in Arabic.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning “descendant of Súileabhán”. The name Súileabhán means “little dark eye”.

From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning “cedar” and 山 (yama) meaning “mountain, hill”.

From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning “cedar” and 浦 (ura) meaning “bay, inlet”.

Variant of Southgate.

Variant of Süß. A famous bearer was the American children’s author Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), who was born Theodor Seuss Geisel.