The baby name Sohane is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French: /so.an/ (so-AHN).
The baby name Sohane is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French: /so.an/ (so-AHN).
Sohane is Arabic, Persian in Origin.
Sohane is a modern Francophone feminine given name, likely fashioned as the feminine counterpart of Sohan and as a spelling adaptation of South Asian and Maghrebi forms such as Sohana and Souhane. In Indo‑Aryan languages - Hindi/Urdu suhana and Punjabi sohna/sohni - the root denotes “pleasant, beautiful, charming,” a meaning generally attached to Sohane in contemporary use. Some also associate it with the Arabic Suhā, the faint star Alcor, though that link is more poetic than etymological.
Use of Sohane is scarcely attested before the 1990s; it rose in France and neighboring Francophone countries in the 2000s–2010s with the vogue for soft, two‑syllable names in -ane, and remains uncommon but recognizable. Variants include Sohana, Sohanna, Sohanne, and Souhane; related masculine forms are Sohan/Sohann/Souhan. The name carries the appealing senses “pleasant, graceful, beautiful,” without a fixed saint’s day or traditional calendar tie.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ | 0 | #17 | 1 | 322 | |
| DJ | Girls | 0 | #29 | 1 | 488 |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2017 | #292 | 5 | 3,011 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #362 | 44 | 3,185 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #375 | 13 | 2,865 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 5 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MA | 0 | #1,119 | 10 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,139 | 38 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Sohane is popular in 12 countries — most recent births per country:
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