Entry № 10102 · Quechua origin

Sumaq Sumaq — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOO-mahk /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Quechua
Meaning
"Beautiful, good"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Quechua)

A name that means "beautiful, good".

Sumaq is the Quechua (Inca) word for "beautiful" or "good" — particularly carrying the sense of harmonious goodness. Sumaq kawsay ("good living") is the Andean philosophy of well-being.

Sumaq is rising in the Andean countries as part of the Quechua-revival movement.

Beautiful. The Andean good life.

The name in its native script.

Sumaq
Transliteration
Sumaq
Pronunciation
/ ˈsuː.mæk /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sumaq stands.

Sumaq does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sumaqs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sumaq
Common in Andean fiction.

Names connected to Sumaq.

The number behind Sumaq.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sumaq reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.