Suna
Suna is a feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, it means drake, tall, beautiful and elegant.
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Suna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Suna is a feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, it means drake, tall, beautiful and elegant.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Suna
Suna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1980, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 9 births, good for #10,241 nationwide. About 41% of every Suna on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Suna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Suna
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Suna Kan (1936–2023), Turkish violinist of classical music
- Suna Kıraç (1941–2020), member of the Turkish Koç family
- Suna Murray (born 1955), American figure skater
- Suna Selen (born 1939), Turkish actress
- Suna Yıldızoğlu (born 1955), Turkish actress
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Names that sound like Suna
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About the name Suna
Suna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Suna's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #10,241. Use the chart and map above to compare Suna'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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