Given name & surname
Sona
“the golden one”
Sona is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “the golden one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,443
- 0 boys · 1,443 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 40
- #3,766 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 40 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,766 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,857 as a first name in 2020; 312 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sona’s family of names
Sona has a related form in Sonika. Sona has a related form in Sonna. In English usage, Sona has a conventional equivalent in the Armenian form Սոնա.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sona
- Sona JobartehGambian musicianborn 1983
- Sona MohapatraIndian singerborn 1978
- Sona Aslanovaopera singer (1924–2011)
- Sona Ahmadliwrestlerborn 1988
- Sona HeidenIndian actressborn 1969
- Sona Akhundova-BagirbekovaAzerbaijani ophthalmologist1896–1982
- Sona GhazaryanArmenian politicianborn 1993
- Sona HajiyevaAzerbaijani actress1907–1979
- Sona Ghazariansingerborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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