Fun Facts About the Name Solaire
- 74 babies named Solaire: U.S. records list 74 babies given the name Solaire from 1880 through 2025. Even 27 girls received the name Solaire - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Solaire Mean?
Solaire is the French word for "solar," meaning "of the sun" or "relating to the sun." It comes from the Latin adjective solaris, formed from sol, the Latin noun for "sun." Latin solaris described anything belonging to or produced by the sun, and it passed into French as solaire with the same sense. When the word is used as a given name in English, it keeps that literal meaning rather than carrying a separate traditional etymology of its own. The name is therefore best understood as a use of the French word, with the sun as its plain sense.
Solaire Name History & Origins
Latin sol descends from an ancient Indo-European word for the sun, the same root behind English sun, German Sonne, Greek hḗlios, and Sanskrit sūrya. Within the Romance languages the root produced French soleil, Italian sole, Spanish and Portuguese sol, and Romanian soare. The adjective built on it, Latin solaris, is the direct source of French solaire, which has been the ordinary French word for "solar" since the medieval period. English borrowed the Latin form as solar; the French spelling solaire is used in English chiefly as a French word or as a name.
As a personal name, Solaire is uncommon and appears mainly in modern English-language use. Its familiarity to many readers comes from Solaire of Astora, a character in the 2011 video game Dark Souls. That is a well-known literary use of the name and is much more recent than the word's history; it should not be confused with any earlier record of the name as a personal name.
How Popular is the Name Solaire?
Solaire has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #7,231 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,005 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #14,985 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #17,277 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #11,039 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,820 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,845 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,231 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #9,709 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #8,622 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Solaire Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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