MEANING & HISTORY
What does Soledad mean?
Soledad is a Spanish devotional name from Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, Our Lady of Solitude. The ordinary Spanish word means solitude.
The shortened given name preserves a reference to Mary in a particular religious tradition rather than expressing a wish for loneliness. Tagalog accounts identify the name as borrowed from Spanish. The devotional title is the immediate naming formation.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /soleˈdad/Standard-Tagalog
- [so.lɛˈd̪ad̪̚]Standard-Tagalog
So · le · dad3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Soledad, a reference to the Our Lady of Solitude (Nuestra Señora de la Soledad), an epithet for María de la Soledad.
a female given name from Spanish, used along with Maria, often shortened to Marisol
Wiktionary: Soledad (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
From soledad (“solitude”), shortened from María (de la) Soledad, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Solitude", with a feast day on Good Friday.
a female given name
Wiktionary: Soledad (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Inherited from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).
a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary
Wiktionary: Soledad (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Soledad
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
Soledad Reyes
Filipino writer and academic
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Soledad Aquino
Filipina actress
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
3
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
5
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Soledad Aquino, Soledad Reyes
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Soledad 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 →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Soledad
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
- Edad♀Familiar form shared by Felicidad, Soledad and Caridad
- Soliman·In the Solomon name family, associated with peace
- Solita·A familiar form of Soledad; also of Sol, sun
- Sotera·Greek saviour-name family, documented as a personal name
- Caridad♀Charity; from Our Lady of Charity
- Idad♀Shared familiar Felicidad, Soledad or Caridad
- Sofia♀Wisdom
- Sofía♀Wisdom
What rhymes with Soledad?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- FelicidadTagalog · /-ad/
- NatividadTagalog · /-ad/
- ProsperidadTagalog · /-ad/
- CaridadSpanish · /-ad/
- TrinidadSpanish · /-ad/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Soledad 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 Q9339326 — Soledad (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Soledad Aquino (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q9339326 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Soledad Reyes (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q9339326 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Soledad (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Soledad (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Soledad (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Soledad (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.