Sonia

See also: sonia, Sónia, and Sônia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Со́ня (Sónja), pet form of Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sophia”).

Proper noun

Sonia

1. A female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of the name which is spelled Sonya in the US).
   • 2024 April 3, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.

Related terms

• Sonja
• Sonya

Anagrams

• AINOs, aniso-, Inoas, Siano

French

Etymology

From Russian Со́ня (Sónja), pet form of Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sophie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.nja/

Proper noun

Sonia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya

Italian

Etymology

From Russian Со́ня (Sónja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔnja
• Hyphenation: Sò‧nia

Proper noun

Sonia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya

Anagrams

• Iason, aniso-, ansio, asino, siano, sonai

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsonja/ [ˈso.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: So‧nia

Proper noun

Sonia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya

Related terms

• Sofía