Soul
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.
Soul by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Soul. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Soul
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Soul. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Solsun49 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Soul
Names that are said the same way as Soul, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sole11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Soul
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