Solange (first name)
Solange [ soˈlɑ̃ʒ ] is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Solange was taken from the French-speaking area. The first name is derived from the Latin adjective solemnis for "celebrated, solemn, festive".
The first name is mostly common in French-speaking countries and Brazil. Around 64,000 women in France bear this name. It was particularly popular in the 1930s. The Solène variant was particularly popular around the year 2000, while Soline was very popular in 2010.
variants
- Sol (l) emnia
- French : Solène, Soline, Solyane, Solyne, Silana
name day
May 10th is celebrated as the name day , as this is the day of remembrance for the Catholic Saint Solange .
Name bearers
- Solange Dymenzstein (known as Zazie de Paris), French transsexual actress and singer
- Solange Fernex (1934–2006), Alsatian politician, pacifist and environmentalist
- Solange Gallinato (* probably 1882–1933), Franco-Italian-Spanish opera singer
- Solange Ghernaouti (* 1958), computer scientist, international expert in the field of cybersecurity and cyber defense
- Solange Knowles (* 1986), American actress, singer, songwriter and music producer
- Solange Olszewska (* 1951), Polish businesswoman and large entrepreneur, 2008–2015 CEO of Solaris Bus & Coach SA
- Solange Pierre (1963–2011, known as Sonia Pierre), Dominican suffragette and human rights activist
- Solange Witteveen (* 1976), Argentine high jumper
Fictional people
- So long to give away a character in the Franco-Belgian comedy Frau (1977), played by Carole Laure .
- Solange Chaumette , a character in the French television series Plus belle la vie , played by Corinne Le Poulain .
- Solange Dimitrios , a character in the film adaptation of James Bond 007: Casino Royale , who was played by Caterina Murino .
literature
- Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Duden - The large first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Bibliographer. Institut AG, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 .
- Duden - Lexicon of first names . 5th edition. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-04945-5 .