Last name: SOL

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SOL : This last name is indexed 155,253 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

SOL : 1: Spanish and Portuguese: from the female personal name Sol from sol ‘sun’ also used as a short form of the Marian name María del Sol ‘Mary of the Sun’; or perhaps a nickname for someone with a cheerful disposition from the same word. This name was also frequent among Jews in Spain. Compare Del Sol 1.2: Catalan and French (Occitan): nickname from Catalan Occitan sol ‘calm’.3: Catalan (Sòl) and French (Occitan): topographic name from the communal threshing floor (Catalan sòl Occitan sol)’ or a habitational name from any of the places called Sòl in Catalonia (Spain) or (Le) Sol in southern France e.g. in Cantal and Lot. Compare Del Sol 2.4: Dutch and Flemish: perhaps a topographic name from Dutch sol ‘pit filled with water’.5: Jewish (from Poland; Sól): metonymic occupational name for a salt merchant from Polish sól ‘salt’.

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