Sonya

Sonya

English

Alternative forms

• Sonia

Etymology

From a Russian pet form Со́ня (Sónja), an informal pet form of Со́фья (Sófʹja) or Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sofia, Sophia”), from the Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). It was introduced into English through 19th century Russian literature and taken into general use in early twentieth century.

Proper noun

Sonya

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Sophia

Translations

female given name

Arabic: صونيا‎ Czech: Soňa (cs) Danish: Sonja Faroese: Sonja f Finnish: Sonja (fi) French: Sonia (fr) f German: Sonja (de) f Greenlandic: Suunia

Hungarian: Szonja (hu) Italian: Sonia (it) f Norwegian: Sonja (no) Portuguese: Sônia f Russian: Со́ня (ru) f (Sónja) (pet name only) Spanish: Sonia (es) f Swedish: Sonja (sv) c Telugu: సోనియా (sōniyā)

Anagrams

• Ayons, Yanos, say no, sayon

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Sonya f

1. A female given name, a spelling variant of Sônia