82%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Indonesian, Javanese Pronounced Pron. soo-KAHR-no [key] Expand Name LinksMeaning & History From the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" combined with the name of the mythological hero KARNA. Sukarno (1901-1970), who did not have a surname, was the first president of Indonesia. Entry updated December 8, 2017