Sonora
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning sonorous or melodious.
Babies a year
53
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Sonora by the numbers
Sonora was given to 53 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sonora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sonomamoon; place name from California10 in the US (2017)
- Sondrahelper of mankind; short form of alexandra8 in the US (2017)
- Sandradefender of mankind; short form of Alexandra299 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)
Other names that mean song or music
Like Sonora, each of these has song or music in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Harperharp player10,735 in the US (2017)
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Melodysong, music2,046 in the US (2017)
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Lyralyre, a musical instrument643 in England and Wales (2025)
- Calliopebeautiful voice; muse of epic poetry57 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sonora
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