Somi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Somi

What is the meaning of the name Somi ?

The baby name Somi is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced soh-mee.

Somi is Korean in Origin.

Somi is best treated as a Korean feminine given name, written 소미 and normally romanized So-mi or Somi. Its earliest recoverable form is the Hangul spelling 소미; no older fixed etymon or single literal meaning is inherent in the sound. In Korean naming practice, each syllable may be assigned hanja, so so can represent characters such as 昭, bright, and mi often represents 美, beauty. A reading such as bright beauty is therefore possible, but only for a specific hanja spelling.

The name belongs to the modern Korean two-syllable given-name pattern and is used chiefly for girls in South Korea and the diaspora. Romanized forms vary with family preference, including So-mi, Somie, and So Mee. International recognition has been helped by the Korean-Canadian singer Jeon Somi. In U.S. birth data it remains rare, with small female registrations concentrated since the 2010s and a noted peak in 2020.