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Sonnet

OriginEnglish from Italian
Meaning"little song"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · girls#6792

2025 SSA

About Sonnet

Could there be a more poetic name than Sonnet? Actor Forest Whitaker was inspired to choose it for his daughter.

The word sonnet derives from the Italian sonetto, meaning 'little song.' And although Shakespeare is the most acclaimed master of this fourteen-line form, there have been many other accomplished sonneteers, including Milton, Wordsworth and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Other names beyond Sonnet that can work for the child of a writer or book-lover: Story, Poet, Fable.

Sonnet is also given to boys.

Pronounced SUN-it.

As of October 2026, Sonnet ranked #13913 in US births in 2024 SSA.

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Famous Sonnets

  • Sonnet Noel Whitaker (b. 1996)Girl

    daughter of actor Forest Whitaker

  • Ewa Sonnet (born Beata Kornelia Dąbrowska)Girl

    Polish model and singer

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