Soleil
Soleil is a girl name of French origin, meaning The sun.
What Soleil means
The sun.
Soleil sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Soleil comes from
French names descend largely from Latin and Germanic roots, reshaped by centuries of sound change. Many entered English after the Norman conquest and now exist in both forms.
Soleil is recorded as French in origin. Browse other French names.
How popular is Soleil?
Soleil does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Soleil
We group Soleil under light and brightness and Sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Soleil
These share Soleil's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Dawn — First light of day.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Sorin — Sun.
- Aarush — First ray of the sun.
- Aditya — The sun.
- Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
- Elio — The sun.
- Helios — The sun.
- Hinata — Sunny place; toward the sun.
- Icarus — Follower; one who flew to the sun.
- Phoebus — Radiant and shining.
- Blanche — White; pure.