Given name & surname
Sohail
“a handsome man”
Sohail is a variant of Sohan. One Indian interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sohail is a variant of Sohan. One Indian interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sohail is a variant of Sohan. An origin associated with Sohan is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sohail through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 478
- 478 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,402 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,402 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2017. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,783 as a first name in 2020; 1,496 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sohail
- Sohail KhanIndian actor, producer, writerborn 1970
- Sohail InayatullahPakistani-born Australian academic, futures studies researcherborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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