Given name
Sovanna
“the golden one”·“the golden son”
Sovanna is a variant of Sovann. Interpretations include “the golden one” and “the golden son”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sovanna is a variant of Sovann. Interpretations include “the golden one” and “the golden son”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sovanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 6 boys · 34 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,963 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,963 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sovanna’s family of names
Sovanna has a related form in Sovann.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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