Sonya

English

Alternative forms

• Sonia

Etymology

From a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian pet form Со́ня (Sónja), an informal pet form of Со́фья (Sófʹja) or Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sofia, Sophia”), from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 from Russian.

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
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• 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, variant of Sônia