Given name & surname
Sonna
“the golden one”
Sonna is a variant of Sona. One Arabic interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sonna is a variant of Sona. One Arabic interpretation is “the golden one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sonna is a variant of Sona. An origin associated with Sona is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sonna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 398
- 0 boys · 398 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 396 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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