Solange
given name · Latin script
Meaning: French, from Santa Solemnia, martyr of the 9th century
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/solanxɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Solange is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Rwanda it is the 26th most common given name.
- BRBrazil1 in 1.1K(measured from records)
- CLChile≈1 in 1.6K
- ECEcuador1 in 2.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 594 (inferred from the name graph)
185,543 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French, from Santa Solemnia, martyr of the 9th century.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Solange counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #171 | 185,543 | 1 in 1.1K | 200K | Solange | 184 |
| CM Cameroon | #152 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 594 | — | Solange | 18 |
| FR France | — | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 91K | Solange | 7 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | Solange | 13 |
| AR Argentina | #298 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 256 | Solange | 113 |
| CL Chile | #152 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | 5 | Solange | 110 |
| RW Rwanda | #26 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Solange | 14 |
| EC Ecuador | #348 | 7,127 | 1 in 2.4K | 7.1K | Solange | 44 |
185,543 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Solange is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From Latin sollemnis, 'solemn'; via Old French/Latin tradition
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
From the Late Latin name Sollemnia, a derivative of sollemnis ‘solemn’. St Solange was a 9th-century martyr of Bourges.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, Du latin Sollemnia/Sollemnis, « solennelle »; sainte Solange, vierge et martyre en Berry, fêtée le 10 mai.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin sollemnis « solennel »; sainte Solange, vierge et martyre, fêtée le 10 mai.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin *sollemnis* « solennel »; sainte Solange.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Solange Dudevant-Sandb. 1828FRFrench novelist
- Solange Michelb. 1912FRsinger (1912–2010)
- Solange Berryb. 1930FRFrench singer
- Solange Fasquelleb. 1933FRFrench woman of letters
- Solange Anconab. 1943FRcomposer (1943–2019)
- Solange Gemayelb. 1949LBLebanese politician
- Gaëlle Josseb. 1960FRnot in their usual nameFrench poet and novelist
- Sonia Pierreb. 1963DOnot in their usual nameHaitian-Dominican human rights activist
- Solange Knowlesb. 1986USAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)
- Solange YijikaCMCameroonian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 83 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 200K | #264 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 186K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 185K | #178 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 91K | #762 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 7.1K | #273 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 716 | #178 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 256 | #446 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 150 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 56 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 56 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1952 | 35 | #466 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 30 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Solange mean, and where does it come from?
- French, from Santa Solemnia, martyr of the 9th century. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- In which country does Solange have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 186 thousand people named Solange, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled solange.
- How do you pronounce Solange?
- A machine transcription gives /solanxɛ/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Solange a male or female name?
- Solange is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Solange?
- In the etymology graph, Solène, Soline and Solenn are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Solange?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 185,543 people named Solange in 2022, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Solange compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Solange is the 171st most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/solangeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Solange” — the 171st most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.