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Girl · Russian, from Greek
Sonya
Say it: SOHN-yuh
Meaning
A Russian pet form of Sofia, from Greek sophia 'wisdom'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Taken into English from Russian literature; popular in the US from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 65,435 babies given this name since 1905
- At its height in 1967, about 1 in 554 girls
- 110 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sonia, Sonja
| Russian | Sonya |
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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