Suni

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sana in FR France, PK Pakistan, ES Spain and 2 more, Shauna in US United States, CA Canada, AU Australia and 1 more, Jona in PH Philippines, FI Finland, BR Brazil and 1 more and Сания in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan.

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●

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◐

Suni is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name18K records spelled Suni10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Mexico, Spain, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Suñi, Suní, Sünï, Süni, Súni

• Finnish given name12K records spelled Suni3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, United States, Spain

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Súni

• Portuguese given name8.0K records spelled Suni13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, India, Australia

  Languages: Portuguese, English, German

  Also written Sueni, Sue-Ni, Suêni, Süni, Suní

• Indonesian given name4.8K records spelled Suni3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Peru, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Şuni

• a separate given name1.9K records spelled Suni4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Suní, Sūnī, Sunī

• Arabic given name649 records spelled Suni5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States

  Also written Şuni, Suní, Sûni

• Danish given name373 records spelled Suni9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Faroe Islands, India

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

  Also written Súni

39 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●

Suni 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 cau-and-pro, yesterday

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In Romanian, second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of suna

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

• In Latvian, vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of suns

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

• In Serbo-Croatian, second-person singular imperative of sunuti

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

• In ckv, sound (as of a clock), chirping (of birds)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 93 years between 1901–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Suni Pazb. 1935ARArgentine Singer Songwriter
• Insoonib. 1957KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer
• Jákup Suni Joensenb. 1958FODanish politician
• Suni Mat Jerahb. 1968BNassociation football player
• Niels Suni Poulsenb. 1972Faroese association football player (1972-)
• Suni úr Hørgb. 1982association football player
• Suni Ernstssonb. 1991Faroese association football player
• Suni EdsonUSAmerican forensic geneticist

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 · 331 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Suni?

We estimate roughly 258 thousand people bear Suni (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Suni have the most bearers?

Suni is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled soni.

How common is Suni compared with other names?

In India, Suni is the 92nd most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Suni a male or female name?

Suni 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 Suni mean?

Recorded meaning: A small antelope of Southern Africa, Nesotragus moschatus.