Sorin
Sorin is a boy name of Romanian origin, meaning Sun.
What Sorin means
Sun.
Sorin sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Sorin comes from
Romanian names sit on a Latin base with Slavic and Orthodox layers on top, which gives the language both classical and Slavic forms of the same name.
Sorin is recorded as Romanian in origin. Browse other Romanian names.
How popular is Sorin?
Sorin is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Sorin is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Sorin
We group Sorin 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 Sorin
These share Sorin's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Aarush — First ray of the sun.
- Aditya — The sun.
- Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
- Elio — The sun.
- Helios — The sun.
- Icarus — Follower; one who flew to the sun.
- Phoebus — Radiant and shining.
- Soleil — The sun.
- Dawn — First light of day.
- Hinata — Sunny place; toward the sun.
- Sho — To soar, to fly; to prosper.