Souvanna
Origin
Lao
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
golden (from Sanskrit suvarna); famously borne by Prince Souvanna Phouma, three times prime minister of Laos, echoed in Suvannaphum, the golden land of old Southeast Asia
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Souvanna has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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