Sui

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Suei in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Sui is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Chinese given name23K records spelled Sui3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan

  Also written Su-I, Suí

• Spanish given name6.1K records spelled Sui22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Chile, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Súi, Sûi, Šüï, Süî, Súï

• Hindi given name4.7K records spelled Sui4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States, Hong Kong

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Suï

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Sui4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Süi, Suĭ, Suì

• Vietnamese given name1.4K records spelled Sui23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Vietnam, United States, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

  Also written Tuy, Túy, Tùy, Tuý, Tuỳ

• French given name1.2K records spelled Sui8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Malaysia, Canada

  Also written Suï, Sùi, Sûì, Súi, Sủi

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Sui is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Clipping of suicide.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In wuu, Requisite

  as a word·An English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect

• In men, completely, no- thing omitted. I kpoyoa a njié léla sui

  as a word·Vocabulary of the Mende Language

• In Russian, "empty."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Latin, the genitive of the reflexive pronoun meaning of himself, of herself, of itself, of themselves, one another, each other, etc.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Duan Suib. 350Ruler of Western Yan
• Hai Ruib. 1514CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician (1514-1587)
• Sui Xinmeib. 1965CNathletics competitor
• Cheng Ruib. 1979CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
• Zhang Ruib. 1979CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong table tennis player
• Huang Suib. 1982CNbadminton player
• Sui Heb. 1989CNChinese model
• Sui Lub. 1992CNArtistic Gymnast
• Liang Ruib. 1994CNnot in their usual nameChinese racewalker
• Sui Tsukinoeb. 2001JPJapanese AV idol

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 188 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sui?

We estimate roughly 2.2 thousand people bear Sui (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Sui have the most bearers?

Sui is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled sui.

How common is Sui compared with other names?

In Hong Kong, Sui is the 420th most common given name of 19,389 given names recorded there.

Is Sui a male or female name?

Sui is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Sui mean?

Recorded meaning: nonstandard spelling of suī