Sol is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “sun.” In 2024 it was given to 186 boys in the United States.
Sol at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
“sun”
Pronunciation
/sɒl/
About the name Sol
Sol belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “sun” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sol first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #257 in 1913, and in 2024 186 babies received the name — 8,099 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.