Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Scripts 睡蓮(Japanese Kanji) すいれん(Japanese Hiragana) スイレン(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsSu-ryeon (Korean), Shuilian (Chinese)
Meaning & History
The Japanese word for "waterlily". It comes from Japanese 睡 (nemu, sui) meaning "sleep" combined with 蓮 (hasu, ren) meaning "lotus, waterlily". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.Lana, the Trial Captain of Brooklet Hill on Akala Island in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, who is also known as Suiren (スイレン) in the Japanese versions, is a fictional bearer of this name.