77%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Javanese Pronounced Pron. soo-KAR-no [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links 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. Categories goodness, isograms, politics