Sullivan
Sullivan is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Dark eyes.
What Sullivan means
Dark eyes.
Sullivan sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Sullivan comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Sullivan is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Sullivan?
Sullivan sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Sullivan
We group Sullivan under the long-established classics. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Classic
Names like Sullivan
These share Sullivan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Seamus — Supplanter; one who follows.
- Ciaran — Little dark one.
- Daithi — Swift and nimble; beloved.
- Desmond — From South Munster.
- Kieran — Little dark one.
- Sile — Youthful.
- Siobhan — God is gracious.
- Caitlin — Pure.
- Cassidy — Curly-haired; clever.
- Ciara — Dark-haired one.
- Keira — Little dark-haired one.
- Sebastian — Venerable, revered.