Sosa

SO-suh

Spanish, Portuguese

"salty water; rocky, pebbly"

Sosa Origin and Meaning

The name Sosa is a boy's name meaning "salty water; rocky, pebbly".

Sparky, spirited, and unexpected as a given name, reality TV star Lala Kent brought Sosa into the spotlight when she chose it for her daughter in 2024. A Spanish name deriving from the Portuguese surname Sousa, Sosa is a unique choice that still fits in with the likes of Asa, Ezra, and Luca.

The literal meaning of Sosa is "from Sousa", Sousa being a river in Portugal that takes its name from either the Latin salsus meaning "salty" or saxa meaning "stones, rocks, pebbles". As a surname, Sosa appears in a variety of forms, including Souza, D'Souza, and de Sousa.

Sosa ticks lots of boxes then: it's a place name, a nature name, a surname, and a unique name that's concise and zippy. It's possible that Lala Kent chose the name for its salty water meaning, so that it matches big sister Ocean's name .

Occasionally used on boys in the US, it was given to 17 babies in 2023.