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Entry № 2307 · Arabic origin

Suhayla Suhayla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-HAY-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Gentle (Arabic; bright star Canopus)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)
The meaning

A name that means "gentle (arabic; bright star canopus)".

Suhayla (سهيلة) is the feminine of Suhayl, the Arabic name for **the bright star Canopus** — second-brightest in the night sky, navigation star of Arab seafarers crossing the Indian Ocean. Means "smooth, gentle."

Used widely across the Arab world.

Gentle. The Arabic — the bright navigation star Canopus.
In its original form

The name in its native script.

سهيلة
Transliteration
Suhaylah
Pronunciation
/ suˈheɪ.lə /
Root
—
Grammatical form
—
Popularity

Where Suhayla stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Suhayla · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —
Namesakes

Suhaylas before her.

Real people
Suhayla
Common Arabic name.
In fiction
Suhayla
Featured in Arabic poetry.
Related

Names connected to Suhayla.

Variants & spellings
  • Suhaila
Similar meaning
Sister suggestions
Sounds alike
  • Suhaila
Numerology

The number behind Suhayla.

1

The Pioneer

Suhayla reduces to one — the number of Arabic gentle star.

Parents on Suhayla

Why families chose this name.

"Arabic Canopus. Seven letters. Suhayla."
Reem · Mother of one · Sana'a