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Соня
“wisdom”·“having great wisdom and foresight”
Соня (Sonja) is a feminine given name, probably from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Russian. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, and Pannonian Rusyn.
Bulgarian and Russian and Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Sonia.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Соня is Sonja written in Cyrillic. In Danish use, Sonja is an affectionate form of Sophia. Sophia means “wisdom” in Greek. Sonja is a variant of Sophie. One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom and foresight.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Соня probably comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Соня is a diminutive of София.
Соня’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Соня has a diminutive in Со́нечка. In Russian usage, Соня has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sonia. In Ukrainian usage, Соня has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sonya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Соня has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Соня
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