Sonoma: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance

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

soh-NOH-mahIPA /səˈnoʊmə/

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