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Sohil

Boy · so-HIL · Arabic

Sohil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the star Canopus”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Sohil mean?

Arabic: variant of Sohail (Suhayl)

“the star Canopus”

Suhayl is the Arabic name of Canopus, the second-brightest star in the night sky.

Say it
so-HIL

Is Sohil a girl's or a boy's name?

Sohil is a boys' name.

How popular is Sohil in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.

Half of all the boys named Sohil in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1995Busiest: 13 in 20002021
Sohil in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20217#9,709
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20095#12,486
20086#11,030
20075#12,361
20065#12,048
20059#7,633
20049#7,530
20030–
20028#7,636
200111#6,006
200013#5,290
19999#6,524
19989#6,308
19978#6,612
19968#6,489
199510#5,495

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