Sondre

Meaning & origin●

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◐

Sondre is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name177 records spelled Sondre3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, France, United States

  Also written Sondré

• a separate given name134 records spelled Sondre2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States

  Also written Sondré

• Russian given name58 records spelled Sondre6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway

  Also written Сондре, Sondré

• Croatian given name45 records spelled Sondre8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway

  Also written Сондре

33 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●

Sondre is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom. norwegischer Herkunft (altnord. Sundri), dessen Etymologie unklar ist.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In German, inflection of sondern:

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

• In Danish, distinguish, discern

  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.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 59 years between 1966–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sondre Norheimb. 1825NONorwegian alpine skier (1825–1897)
• Sondre Krogtoft Larsenb. 1976NONorwegian actor
• Sondre Lercheb. 1982NONorwegian musician
• Sondre Nordstad Moenb. 1991NONorwegian long-distance runner
• Sondre Tronstadb. 1995NONorwegian association football player
• Sondre Brunstad Fetb. 1997NONorwegian footballer
• Sondre Lisethb. 1997NONorwegian footballer
• Sondre Oddvoll Bøeb. 1998NONorwegian figure skater
• Sondre Guttormsenb. 1999USNorwegian pole vaulter
• Sondre Langåsb. 2001NONorwegian footballer (born 2001)

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 · 196 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sondre?

We estimate roughly 9.8 thousand people bear Sondre (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Sondre have the most bearers?

We estimate about 9.6 thousand people bear Sondre in Norway, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled sondre.

Where is Sondre most common?

Sondre is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 567 people carrying it.

How common is Sondre compared with other names?

In Norway, Sondre is the 98th most common given name of 38,312 given names recorded there.

Is Sondre a male or female name?

Sondre is a male 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 Sondre mean?

Recorded meaning: to differentiate, distinguish (mellom / between)