Shulamit

Shulamit--which has a variety of different spellings--is a serious-sounding Old Testament name that appears in the Song of Songs. Its common nickname is Shula, which is sometimes used on its own. Toni Morrison used the sleeker variation Sula in one of her novels.

Pronounced shoo-LAH-mit.

As of October 2026, Shulamit ranked #11787 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5925 in 1971.