Sonoma
A girls’ name of Miwok origin, meaning moon; place name from California.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Sonoma by the numbers
Sonoma was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sonoma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sonorasonorous or melodious53 in the US (2017)
- Soniawisdom; russian form of Sophia264 in the US (2017)
- Sonyawisdom; a form of Sophia135 in the US (2017)
- Sonjawise; a form of sonya or sonia68 in the US (2017)
- Solomiapeace; a feminine form of Solomon5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sonammerit or virtue4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the moon
Like Sonoma, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Sonoma
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