Russian · Girl name
Sonya
“wisdom”
About the name Sonya
Sonya is a diminutive of Russian Sofia, meaning ‘wisdom’, from the Greek sophia. In Russian it is the usual pet form of Sofya, and it spread to other languages in the twentieth century. Sonya is a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel ‘Crime and Punishment’, Sonya Marmeladova, whose faith influences Raskolnikov. Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace also includes a Sonya, and the spellings Sonia and Sonja are found in other European languages.
- Meaning
- wisdom
- Origin
- Russian
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- SON-yah(2 syl.)
Middle names for Sonya
- Sonya Marie
- Sonya Ann
- Sonya Grace
- Sonya Lynn
- Sonya Joy
Questions about Sonya
- What does Sonya mean?
- Sonya is a Russian name meaning "wisdom".
- How do you pronounce Sonya?
- Sonya is pronounced SON-yah, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Sonya?
- Variants of Sonya include Sonia, Sonja.
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