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Origin and Meaning of Sol

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• According to a user from South Korea, the name Sol is of Korean origin and means "Pine tree".
• A submission from Ohio, United States says the name Sol means "Sun" and is of Latin origin.

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun ‖Sol

Senses

1. The sun.
2. [Alchem] Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value.

Etymology: L

noun Sol

A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.The tone itself.

Etymology: It

noun Sol

Senses

1. A sou.
2. A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.

Etymology: See Sou

noun

A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.

Etymology: From hydrosol an aqueous colloidal solution, confused with G. sole soole, salt water from which salt is obtained

Other Dictionary Sources

1. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
   Synonyms: so and soh
2. (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
3. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
   Synonyms: colloidal solution and colloidal suspension

Wiktionary

Borrowing from Latin Sōl

1. The name of the Earth's star.
2. (Roman mythology) The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
3. (Norse mythology) The sun goddess.
4. A male given name

Shortening.

1. A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.

Sol was also found in the following language(s): Galician, German, Plautdietsch, Portuguese, and Spanish

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• How Popular is the name Sol? Sol is the 2,626^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Sol was the 24,112^th most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Sol have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 9,234 babies born with the first name Sol in the United States. That's more than enough people named Sol to occupy the country of Saint Barth with an estimated population of 8,902 (as of January 1, 2009).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Sol? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 12 new born babies.
• When was Sol first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Sol is Wednesday, January 8th, 1868.
• What year had the most people named Sol born? The highest recorded use of the first name Sol was in 1918 with a total of 321 babies.
• Random Sol Factoid: According to the 1921 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Sol ranks 92^nd in popularity as a baby boy's name in District of Columbia. Imagine that, 6 babies in District of Columbia have the same name as you in 1921.
• Weird things about the name Sol: Your name in reverse order is Los. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Sol. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Sol? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,044 people with the last name Sol.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Sol? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Sol as their last name since less than 1 person in 286k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!

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