Given name · also Russian
Soňa
Soňa is a feminine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Original RussianСоня
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Soňa comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Soňa developed from Σοφία.
Soňa’s family of names
In Czech usage, Soňa has a diminutive in Sonička. In Slovak usage, Soňa developed from the Ancient Greek form Σοφία. In Czech usage, Soňa has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sonia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Soňa has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Soňa comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Soňa
- Soňa ČervenáCzech operatic mezzo-soprano (1925–2023)
- Soňa NovákováCzech beach volleyball playerborn 1975
- Soňa NorisováSlovak actressborn 1973
- Soňa PertlováCzech chess player (1988–2011)
- Soňa ValentováSlovak actress (1946–2022)
- Soňa MihokováSlovak biathleteborn 1971
- Soňa BernardováCzech synchronized swimmerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Aná
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Cigán
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Cygan
“one who doesn't want to be touched; untouchable”
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Sélène
“moon”
>99% girls