Soliana is a girls' name used mainly in Eritrean and Ethiopian families, especially among Tigrinya speakers; its origin is uncertain, and it is usually explained as a form of a Semitic name meaning "prayer" or "supplication", while others simply hear the Latin sol, "sun", in it. It arrived in the United States with East African immigration in the last few decades. Soliana is rare and rising: it reached number 2773 in 2025, its best rank so far, with 62 births.