Sonya

See also: sonya

English

Alternative forms

• Sonia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian 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 from Russian.
   • 1983, Sheila Ballantyne, Imaginary Crimes, Penguin Group USA, →ISBN:

     It was Valery who had named her firstborn Sonya, after the figure skater Sonja Henie. "She moves through space so smoothly! She has such freedom!" she explained to Ray, the child's father. "Anything you want, honey," he replied, with a half-smile.

   • 2016, Sunjeev Sahota, The Year of the Runaways: A novel, Vintage, →ISBN:

     He said nothing, then asked, “Is Sonya your real name?”
     “Harinderjeet.”
     “A good name. A strong name.”
     He could see her face in the bar's surface, frowning as she returned the card to her purse. “Is Sonya not a nice name?”
     He felt her leaning in.
     “A sexy name?”

Related terms

• Sophia

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: صونيا
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: Soňa (cs)
• Danish: Sonja
• Faroese: Sonja f
• Finnish: Sonja (fi)
• French: Sonia (fr) f
• German: Sonja (de) f
• Greek: Σόνια (el) f (Sónia)
• Greenlandic: Suunia
• Hungarian: Szonja (hu)
• Italian: Sonia (it) f
• Macedonian: Сања f (Sanja)
• Norwegian: Sonja (no)
• Portuguese: Sônia f (Brazil), Sónia f (Portugal)
• Russian: Со́ня (ru) f (Sónja) (pet name only)
• Spanish: Sonia (es) f
• Swedish: Sonja (sv) c
• Telugu: సోనియా (sōniyā)

Anagrams

• Yanos, say no, sayon, yanos, Ayons, oyans, Ayson

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sonya f

1. a female given name, variant of Sônia