Sulo

From Sulë +‎ -o, from Sulejman.

Sulo m (definite Suloja)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic
2. a diminutive of the male given name Sulejman

19th century invention from sulo (“charm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulo/, [ˈs̠ulo̞]
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification^(key): Su‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): Su‧lo

Sulo

1. a male given name
   • 1930-1945, published posthumously 1968, Ain'Elisabet Pennanen, Kaksi raukkaa, WSOY, page 429:

     ―Eikö teillä ole muuta ristimänimeä kuin Sulo, Laisa kysyi ärsytellen.
     ―On, Mauri.
     ―No, mutta käyttäkää sitä sitten! Sehän on kaunis nimi. Mauri Määttä ja sointuu.

     ―Is Sulo the only name you were christened with, Laisa asked in a teasing way.
     ―No, there's also Mauri.
     ―Well, use that then! It's a pretty name. Mauri Määttä and it rhymes.

   • 1991, Riitta Vartti, Pispalan enkeli, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 142–143:

     ―Yhteen aikaan kaikki nimet aina tarkotti niiko jotain, Reino sanoi. ―Meitin naapurisa oli Voitto, Rauha, Usko, Taisto ja Sulo. Vai olikos se nuorin Vieno, se ei käyny enää koulua samaan aikaan meitin kansa.
     ―On ne parempia nimiä kun ne kaikki vanhat ruotsalaiset, joita ei osaa kukaa ihminen sanookkaa, äiti sanoi.

     ―Back then all the names meant something, Reino said. ―We had neighbors like Voitto, Rauha, Usko, Taisto and Sulo. Or the youngest one might've been Vieno, he was too young and I was never in school with him.
     ―Those are all better than those old Swedish names that nobody can say anyway, mother said.

   • 2001, Jorma Palo, Irvistyksiä, WSOY, →ISBN, page 122:

     Mikään ei ole suloisempi kosketella kuin nainen, eikä mikään tuoksu paremmalta. Tosin SULO tarkoittaa nykyisin mustaa roskapönttöä, mikä heikentää naisen suloutta. Eikä Sulo ole Suomessa edes naisen nimi vaan miehen.

     There is nothing sweeter to touch than a woman, and nothing smells better either. Even if SULO refers to a black trash container now, which could make it a little less sweet. And Sulo is a male name in Finland anyway, not a female one.

2. a Finnish surname

• Popular in early 20th century.
• Initially also given to women in the 19th century.

• Sulo is the 220^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,538 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,603 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Sulo belongs to 98 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Soul, solu, soul, ulos