Suhail
Lambda Velorum, officially named Suhail, is a star in the southern constellation of Vela. With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 2.21, this is the third-brightest star in the constellation and one of the brighter stars in the sky. The distance to this star can be measured directly using the parallax technique, yielding an estimated 545 light-years from the Sun.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Suhail
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lambda Velorum, officially named Suhail, is a star in the southern constellation of Vela. With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 2.21, this is the third-brightest star in the constellation and one of the brighter stars in the sky. The distance to this star can be measured directly using the parallax technique, yielding an estimated 545 light-years from the Sun.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Suhail
As a girl name
Suhail first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1976, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1979: 7 births, good for #8,060 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 72% of all recorded Suhails. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1980 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 25 Suhails have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Suhail first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1975, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 22 births, good for #4,553 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Suhails. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #4,669 among boy names with 22 births, rising sharply (+82% over the past five years). In total, more than 417 Suhails have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Suhail
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About the name Suhail
Suhail is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 417 births in the dataset. Suhail's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #4,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Suhail's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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