Girl · English, from Old French
Sojourner
Say it: SOH-jur-ner
Meaning
The English word for a person who stays somewhere temporarily, from Old French sojorner 'to stay'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A chosen name: Isabella Baumfree renamed herself Sojourner Truth in 1843 when she began traveling to preach.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 173 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 1973, about 1 in 132,600 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and women's rights speaker
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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