Soledad

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Soledad

Say it: soh-leh-DAD

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Meaning

Spanish 'solitude', from Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, the Virgin in her solitude after the Crucifixion.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Common in Spain in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1900s

In the United States

4,054 babies given this name since 1898
At its height in 1901, about 1 in 26,600 girls
24 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Mexican Andean Argentine

The family of the name

Other spellings: Sole, Chole

Portuguese	Soledade

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Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
Parish baptism registers
National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.