Sunna

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 30 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◐

Sunna is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Icelandic given name4.0K records spelled Sunna5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden

  Languages: Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish

  Also written Sunnå

• English given name2.5K records spelled Sunna11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Sünna, Suenna, Sunna', Sunnä

• a separate given name1.8K records spelled Sunna2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Sunná

• Arabic surname221 records spelled Sunna4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Jordan

  Also written Sunna', Sûnnã, Sunná

44 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●

Sunna 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 German, ) Sünne: weibl. Vom., wohl

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In dag, Muslim naming ceremony (< KO check spelling, see suuna Hausa) Singular cl. Definition Comment

  as a word·Dagbani Dictionary CD

• In enm, alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

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

• In sga, alternative form of sund

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

• In gsw, sun, the Sun

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 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●

• Sunnab. 600ESbishop of Merida
• Sunna Borgb. 1946ISIcelandic actor
• Sunna Gunnlaugsb. 1970ISIcelandic musician and composer
• Sunna Gestsdóttirb. 1976ISIcelandic athletics competitor
• Sunna Davíðsdóttirb. 1985ISIcelandic mixed martial artist
• Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttirb. 1987ISIcelandic politician
• Sunna Wichmannb. 1990DEGerman association football player
• Sunna Kittib. 1991FISámi illustrator and author
• Sunna Máret Utsib. 1995NOSaami musician
• Sunna Eldon ÞórsdóttirISIcelandic actress

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 · 232 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sunna?

We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Sunna (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Sunna have the most bearers?

Sunna is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled sunna.

Where is Sunna most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sunna is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 457 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

Is Sunna a male or female name?

Sunna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Sunna mean?

Recorded meaning: traditional Muslim law