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Soul

Soul: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“soul, spirit”
Origin
English
Say it
SOHL · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (41% girls, 59% boys since 1880)

From the English vocabulary word soul, ultimately from Old English sawol. As a given name it is modern and uncommon.

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How popular is Soul?

202432.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Soul in 2024108

2024 rank#2,328 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880686

Soul is rising: use over the last five years is 8.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Soul

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Soul questions

What does the name Soul mean?

Soul means "soul, spirit". It comes from English. From the English vocabulary word soul, ultimately from Old English sawol. As a given name it is modern and uncommon.

Is Soul a boy or girl name?

Soul is used for both: about 41% of US babies named Soul since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Soul?

108 US babies were named Soul in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Soul?

Soul is usually pronounced SOHL.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.