Soma

Popular in Hungary, but rare elsewhere, Soma is a botanical boy name, relating to the dogwood tree, notable for its white blooms and red twigs. Pronounced as SHO-maw, it ranked at #36 in its native country in a recent count.

Soma may also be used among Hindu parents, due to its appearance as a ritual drink or an elixir in the early Hindu scripture, the Vedas. Associated with immortality, it comes from Sanskrit, meaning "to extract", and the drink is personified in the scriptures as a Vedic God, often related to the moon god Chandra. Used as a unisex name, it would be pronounces so-ma.

Finally, Soma, also written as Sōma, can be a Japanese name, meaning "sound of the wind, sudden" or "pale, blue" combined with "real, genuine". It appears in the animated series Castlevania, where all its various meanings may be perceived relevant to the character, a reincarnation of Dracula.

Pronounced SHO-mah.

As of October 2026, Soma ranked #9590 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6425 in 2022.