Soldat

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Soldat is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Ukrainian surname13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Czechia, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Czech

  Also written Солдат, Soldát, Сольдат

• Croatian surname11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, United States, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian

  Also written Солдат, Sôldat, Soldát

• Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Guatemala, Algeria

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Sóldat, Soldát

• Hungarian name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Soldát

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Soldát

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Soldat 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 Italian, forma dialetal set., redução de Soldato

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, sl.? Vgl. Soldat |- ow, zki

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Italian, Variante di Soldati

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In Russian, Iakov Soldat, cossack. 1643.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, soldier (member of an army)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

• Marie Soldat-Roegerb. 1864ATAustrian musician (1863–1955)
• Judith Le Soldatb. 1947CHSwiss psychoanalyst (1947-2008)
• Jan Soldatb. 1984DEGerman film director, screenwriter and film editor
• Savica SoldatSIresearcher

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)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Soldat mean, and where does it come from?

soldier Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German.

What are other forms of the name Soldat?

In the etymology graph, Söldner is a form of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Soldat?

A machine transcription gives /soʊɫdæt/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Soldat have the most bearers?

In Czechia, the national register counted about 238 people named Soldat, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Soldat most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Soldat is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 23 thousand people — even though Czechia holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Soldat?

In Czechia, the national register counted 238 people named Soldat, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.