Sonia

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

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], archived from the original on 6 April 2024:

     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.

• Sonja
• Sonya

• AINOs, aniso-, Inoas, Siano

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

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.nja/

Sonia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya

From Russian Со́ня (Sónja).

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

Sonia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya

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

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

Sonia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya