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Boy · Greek
Solon
Say it: SOH-lun
Meaning
Uncertain. No agreed etymology.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in 19th-century America out of admiration for the lawgiver.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 1,318 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 8,400 boys
- 6 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Solon |
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Famous bearers
- Solon, Athenian lawgiver
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.