Meaning: The English word sonnet — a fourteen-line poem — from Italian sonetto, 'little song', a diminutive of suono, 'sound'. As a given name it is a modern word-name and leans to girls; we note the lean.Medium
In 30 seconds: A literary word-name: a sonnet is a fourteen-line poem, from Italian for 'little song' (said 'SON-it'). It leans to girls — we note that.
MeaningThe English word sonnet — a fourteen-line poem — from Italian sonetto, 'little song', a diminutive of suono, 'sound'. As a given name it is a modern word-name and leans to girls; we note the lean.
Sonnet is an English word-name from Italian sonetto, 'little song' — the fourteen-line form perfected by Petrarch and later by Shakespeare. Used as a given name it belongs with Lyric, Poet and Story, and it leans to girls; used here for a boy, a lean we note plainly. Literary, soft, and unusual (said 'SON-it').
It appears only rarely for boys in the U.S. Rare, literary, and gentle.
Did you know? Sonetto means 'little song' in Italian — so a sonnet is, at root, a small song. Shakespeare wrote 154 of them. As a name it leans to girls, a lean we note (said 'SON-it').
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References — Sonnet — English word-name; Italian sonetto 'little song'; girl-leaning
