Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic sul?tan
‘ruler’. This was the title of rulers in many parts of the Muslim
world, including the monarch of the Ottoman Empire.English: see Soden.Spanish (Sultán), Polish
(Sultan): nickname for someone who behaved in an outlandish
or autocratic manner, from Arabic sul?tan ‘sultan’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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