Soleil
Where Soleil comes from
Soleil hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1976Soleil Moon Frye bornAmerican actress, director, screenwriter
- 1981First appearance#8,128 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1994Soleil Sorge bornAmerican naturalized Italian model, television presenter, television personality, influencer, showgirl and columnist
- 2025Peak, #756358 babies named Soleil — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Soleil Moon Frye · American actress, director, screenwriter, born 1976
- Soleil Launière · performing artist in Canada
- Soleil Sorge · American naturalized Italian model, television presenter, television personality, influencer, showgirl and columnist, born 1994
- Soleil Rasoafaniry · Malagasy judo athlete, born 1972
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.