At a Glance: Name: Sonoma – Origin: Coast Miwok / Suisun (Indigenous Californian) – Pronunciation: soh-NOH-mah
Sonoma is a Coast Miwok / Suisun (Indigenous Californian) name used mostly for girls. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Sonoma
Origin: Coast Miwok / Suisun (Indigenous Californian).
A common claim: Sonoma is widely known as meaning 'valley of the moon.' Actually: This is a popular and often-repeated translation, but it's just one of several competing, unsettled theories about the word's original meaning.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Sonoma
Phonetic: soh-NOH-mah IPA: /səˈnoʊmə/
Popularity of Sonoma
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1979–2024.
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