Entry № 9857 · Other origin

Soheila Soheila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soh-HAY-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Canopus star (brightest southern star)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "canopus star (brightest southern star)".

Soheila is from the Persian سهیلا (Soheilā — like the star Canopus, soft) — feminine of Soheil from Arabic Suhayl (Canopus star). Soheila is one of the Persian feminine names — central to traditional Persian + Muslim heritage. Persian feminine name reflecting Persian astronomical heritage.

Canopus star (Persian).

The name in its native script.

سهیلا
Transliteration
Soheilā
Pronunciation
/ soʊˈheɪ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Soheila stands.

Soheila does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Soheilas before her.

Real people
Soheila Sokhanvari
Iranian visual artist + Rebel Rebel 2022 Barbican Centre + depicting pre-revolution Iranian women + Iranian dissident art heritage.
Contemporary
In fiction
Suhayl / Canopus
Second-brightest star in night sky + alpha Carinae + Arabic + Persian + Bedouin astronomy.
Arabic astronomy

Names connected to Soheila.

The number behind Soheila.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Soheila reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.