Soledad

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Soledad is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name70K records spelled Soledad6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Ecuador, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Sölëdäd

• Catalan given name36K records spelled Soledad5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Solédad, Solèdad, Sólédád

• Lao given name5.4K records spelled Soledad8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, United States, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Sòlèdàd, Sólédád, Sòlëdäd, Solëdad, โซลีแดด

• Russian given name571 records spelled Soledad5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Соледад

• Croatian given name558 records spelled Soledad7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, United States, Peru

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Соледад

• Turkish given name488 records spelled Soledad4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Šôlédâd, Solédad

51 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●

Soledad 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 Spanish, solitude

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

• In English, city, Mexico

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, town, Colombia

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, city, CA

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Spanish: solitude

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 126 years between 1898–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Soledad Jiménezb. 1874ESSpanish actress (1874-1966)
• Soledad Ortega Spottornob. 1914ESSpanish author (1914–2007)
• Soledad Duterteb. 1916PHFilipina teacher and activist (1916-2012)
• Soledad Mirandab. 1943ESSpanish actress (1943-1970)
• Soledad Silveyrab. 1952ARArgentine actress
• Soledad O'Brienb. 1966USAmerican broadcast journalist, producer, and philanthropist
• Soledad Villamilb. 1969ARArgentine actress and singer
• Soledad Pastoruttib. 1980ARArgentine folk singer
• Soledad Garciab. 1981ARfield hockey player
• Sole Jaimesb. 1989ARnot in their usual nameArgentinian association football player

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 746 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Soledad?

We estimate roughly 42 thousand people bear Soledad (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Soledad have the most bearers?

Soledad is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled soledad.

How common is Soledad compared with other names?

In Argentina, Soledad is the 32nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Soledad a male or female name?

Soledad 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 does the name Soledad mean?

Recorded meaning: Spanish mystical name from soledad 'solitude'; from Latin solitas, from solus 'alone'.