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Neither is my cup of tea. (Soleil is also grammatically masculine.)

They're pronounced the same, I know, but in English "sole" is used to refer to the bottom of a shoe, so that puts me off. I used to love Soleil, though - especially with Marie. I think I had a combo in my Top 10 at one point that was Marie-Soleil Armelle (or was it Marie-Soleil Axelle?). Lovely name.

I like Soleil, and I like Sol (Spanish, and also familiar as a name of the sun in English). Italian Sole is nice, too - t he only trouble is that in English it looks like the word sole meaning "only," or meaning the bottom part of a foot or shoe. People would have to always be taught how to say it with two syllables. Sole also reminds me of Solo, and its meaning of alone or solitude, more than it reminds me of the sun. But when it is spoken out loud I think it is as appealing as Soleil is, maybe more so. Sole and Sol have a genderless feeling to me, compared to Soleil which seems more feminine to me. As a trendy Italian word name it makes me think of the name Summer, which has been popular for girls here in the past few decades.