Entry № 6517 · Tibetan origin

Sonam Sonam — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOH-nahm /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Tibetan

Meaning

"Merit, good fortune"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Tibetan)

The meaning

A name that means "merit, good fortune".

Sonam (བསོད་ནམས) is the Tibetan word for "merit" or "good karma" — the accumulated positive actions of past lives. A unisex Tibetan-Bhutanese name.

Sonam Kapoor (born 1985) is the Indian actress; Sonam Wangchuk is the Ladakhi engineer-innovator.

Merit. The Tibetan accumulated good karma.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

བསོད་ནམས

Transliteration: Bsod-nams
Pronunciation: / ˈsoʊ.nɑːm /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Sonam stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Sonam · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Sonams before her.

Real people

Sonam Kapoor

Indian actress.

born 1985

Sonam Wangchuk

Ladakhi engineer-innovator.

born 1966

In fiction

Sonam

Common Tibetan name.

Names connected to Sonam.

Numerology

The number behind Sonam.

The Free Spirit

Sonam reduces to five — the number of Tibetan merit.

Parents on Sonam

Why families chose this name.

"Merit in Tibetan. Five letters. Sonam."

Tenzin · Mother of one · Lhasa