Given name & surname
Solaris
“of the sun”
Solaris is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “of the sun.”
Original GreekΣόλαρης
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “of the sun.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Solaris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 248
- 92 boys · 156 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #7,129 for boys · #11,800 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +73%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,129 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Solaris’s family of names
Solaris has a related form in Sol. Solaris has a related form in Soleil. Solaris has a related form in Solarise.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Solvariant
- Soleilvariant
- Solsticevariant
- Solaryssevariant
- Solaryssvariant
- Solarysvariant
- Solarissevariant
- Solarissvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Solaris
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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