MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sol mean?
Sol is the Latin and Spanish sun word used as a personal name. It can also be a familiar form of longer names such as Solomon, which has a different Hebrew peace-related history.
The shared spelling does not merge the two origins. Sun is a direct word-name meaning for one route rather than a universal expansion of every Sol.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
EnglishEtymology & source
Shortening.
A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Sol
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sol Aragones
Filipino politician, former news anchor and host
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Sol Aragones
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sol in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Sol
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Sofia♀Wisdom
- Sofía♀Wisdom
- Soling♀Solitude, through familiar Soledad
- Sonia♀Russian familiar form of Sophia; wisdom
- Sonny♂Affectionate form from son
- Sonya·Russian familiar form of Sophia; wisdom
- Marisol♀Shortened María de la Soledad
- Mirasol♀Sunflower word name
What rhymes with Sol?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Sol further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q10673071 — Sol (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Sol Aragones (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q10673071 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sol (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Sol (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Solomon (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.