Given name & surname
Soma
“an exalted woman; one who gives praise”
Soma is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “an exalted woman; one who gives praise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “an exalted woman; one who gives praise.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Soma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 254
- 144 boys · 110 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #9,590 for boys · #13,012 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,590 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,114 as a first name in 2020; 1,155 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.
Soma’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Soma has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cornelius. In Japanese usage, Soma as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of そま. In Japanese usage, Soma as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 杣.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Soma
- Soma VogelHungarian water polo playerborn 1997
- Soma NovothnyHungarian footballer (born 1994)
- Soma Orlai PetrichHungarian artist (c.1820-1880)1822–1880
- Soma MorgensternAustrian writer (1890-1976)
- Soma SzuhodovszkiHungarian association football playerborn 1999
- Soma SomodyHungarian épée fencerborn 2004
- Soma WeissAmerican physician (1898–1942)
- Soma ChhayaCanadian actressborn 1998
- Soma VisontaiHungarian lawyer, politician (1854–1925)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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