Comments for the name Sonia

The name Sonia has Russian origins and essentially means 'wisdom', like the name Sophie in Greek (philo[sophy] being the study of wisdom).

Sonia Delaunay was a French painter born in Russia. She was the wife of painter Robert Delaunay.

A famous bearer of this name is Brazilian actress Sonia Braga.

Sonia is a beautiful name, I like the spelling Sonya I think better.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Sonia here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Sonia appeared on the top 1000 list in 1910. Its most popular year was the 1970's where it ranked 183.

My middle name is Sonia, except I pronounce it so-ne-ya. It means friend in Hindi, thay's why my mom gave Sonia as my middle name.

Sonia´s pet forms are Sonny, Sonička, Žofie, Sonica,

Czech and Slovak version is Soňa. [noted -ed]
Pronounced as "Sawn-ya".
Name Day: 28th March.

Sonia Deol is a radio DJ for the BBC's Asian Network.

This is a prettier spelling of Sonya. The name sounds nice, as long as it isn't pronounced too nasally and with too long a vowel sound on the first syllable.

Well I always have liked my name Sonia because it is not weird but it is uncommon. It is nice to be the only Sonia in your school growing up.

Sonia was the duck in Disney's Peter and the Wolf.

This is my middle name. I wish it was my first name. It sounds very elegant and delicate.

There is a movie called "Red Sonia" about a female warrior.

This name is also used in French.

Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic justice on the US Supreme Court. She was appointed just two weeks ago.

Sonia Haft Greene, a milliner and amateur publisher, was married to writer H.P. Lovecraft for two years, from 1924-1929.

The Italian pronunciation is SOH-nyah. [noted -ed]

Beautiful name, this was my great aunts name. The 'Y' is to trendy and common! This name works for every age and isn't common without being wierd. Its just so classic and modern at the same time! This name is one of my favorites.

My name is Sonia, and while I used to like my name, at this point in time I cannot recommend naming your child or yourself this. People never had too much trouble with my name until Sophia became more popular. Everyone calls me Sophia now, and I have to correct them over and over. It's become so grating (on top of the ugly, nasal mispronunciation "Sahn-yuh" that I still get, *and* all of the misspellings) that I'm changing my name. Sonia is a pretty enough name, and I've gotten many compliments on it. But until the thing for Sophia dies down, I wouldn't use it unless you want to subject your child to extreme annoyance once everyone's little Sophias are in class together with her/him/them.

Edit: When I do get it through to people that my name is Sonia, Sonya Blade is always brought up. I'm so sick of MK references.