MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sonia mean?
Sonia is a romanized form of Russian Sonya, a familiar form of Sofiya or Sophia. Sophia comes from Greek sophia, wisdom.
The short form developed through Russian naming rather than by adding a separate ancient meaning to Son. Sonia and Sonya represent different Latin-letter spellings of this tradition. The name can be used independently as a full given name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
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Origin and name formation
Russian
Dictionary accounts by language
English
Borrowed from Russian Со́ня (Sónja), pet form of Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sophia”).
A female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of the name which is spelled Sonya in the US).
Spanish
a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Sonia
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sonia Roco
Filipina educator, civic leader
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sonia Bella
actor
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Sonia
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Names in this collection
- Sofia♀Wisdom
- Sofía♀Wisdom
- Sonya♀Russian familiar form of Sophia; wisdom
- Sofie♀Wisdom
- Solita·A familiar form of Soledad; also of Sol, sun
- Sonny♂Affectionate form from son
- Sophia♀Wisdom
- Anania·Biblical name transmitted through Greek Ananias
What rhymes with Sonia?
Dictionary rhyme matches for the readings shown.
Recorded combinations with Sonia
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 2 elected-candidate records ·
SONIA
· CSV row 5,131 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 4 person records with this given name · Q5606846 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q5606846 — Sonia (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Sonia Roco (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Sonia Bella (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Sonia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Sonia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Sonia (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Sophia (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Sophia (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Sophia (English) (opens in a new tab)