The name Sullivan is the anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning ‘descendant of Súileabhán’. The name Súileabhán means ‘dark eye’.
Sullivan is a first name for boys, occasionally also given to girls.
The name Sullivan isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Sullivan ranks 394. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 4 were named Sullivan. In the entire USA, approximately 10,695 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Sullivan. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.
The name Sullivan is the anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning ‘descendant of Súileabhán’. The name Súileabhán means ‘dark eye’.
What is a descendant? A descendant is a person who is related to another person through their ancestor(s). For example, a child is a descendant of their parents.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a quite popular first letter for boys’ names. Because: 5.9% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J, A and D.
With eight letters, the name Sullivan is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
This means that with 5.9% of all boys' names that begin with an S, this first letter is much more common than all 26 letters on average - and the most popular one of all the boys’ names starting with S is Steven.
If your name is Sullivan and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Sullivan, you can simply say:
Sun
Unicorn
Lion
Lion
Igloo
Violin
Apple
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Sullivan
Sullivan
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
S
U
L
L
I
V
A
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
S
U
L
L
I
V
A
N
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Sullivan sounds like this:
