girl's name
Soline
so-LEEN
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 13,343
France
#171
2025 births
Soline is a girl's name of Latin origin, a French form of Solange, and its saint was a shepherdess beheaded for refusing a nobleman. It ranks 171st in France and is rising in our data.
- Soline is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2014, when 955 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,814 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1930.
Soline over time
Births per decade in France, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 |
| 1940s | 35 |
| 1950s | 90 |
| 1960s | 145 |
| 1970s | 250 |
| 1980s | 480 |
| 1990s | 930 |
| 2000s | 1,695 |
| 2010s | 6,845 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,800 |
What Soline means
Soline is usually read as solemn or religious, taken from the Latin sollemnis by way of Solange. A second reading connects it to sol, the sun, which is the meaning most French parents assume and which the sources do not support.
Where Soline comes from
Soline is generally treated as a French form of Solange, from the Latin Solemnia or Sollemnis, meaning solemn or religious — the same word behind solemn and solemnity. Saint Solange was a ninth-century shepherdess of Berry who, by tradition, refused the son of the count of Poitiers and was beheaded for it; she is the patron saint of Berry and of drought relief. Soline is also read as an independent Breton and western French name. The sun reading is the one most speakers reach for, since soleil is the ordinary French for sun, but the derivation does not support it — a good example of a name whose felt meaning has drifted away from its documented one. Solenne and Solène are the same name in other spellings and appear separately in French records.
Soline in use
Soline ranks 171st in France with about 325 births in 2025 and is rising in our data with a peak in 2014. Our records carry it from 1930. It is essentially absent elsewhere at 6,816th in the United States and 7,519th in England and Wales, which places it with Lison, Garance and Aurore among the names that have stayed French.
How popular is Soline?
In 2025, Soline was given to 325 babies in France, ranking #171 that year. It is a rare choice.
Where Soline is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Soline
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Soline also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Soline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Soline in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Soline
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Soline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Soline
What does the name Soline mean?
It is usually read as "solemn" or "religious," from the Latin sollemnis by way of Solange.
Does Soline mean sun?
That is what most French speakers assume, from soleil, but the derivation does not support it.
Who was Saint Solange?
A ninth-century shepherdess of Berry, beheaded by tradition for refusing a nobleman's son.
How popular is Soline?
171st in France, where it is rising.
Is Soline a girl's or a boy's name?
Soline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Soline a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Soline currently ranks #171 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.