Comments for the name Sonya

This is my name, and I love it. It's foreign, so it's a bit mysterious, it's unusual so I feel unique, it's pretty, classic, it ages well and it doesn't have an embarrassing meaning. My friends and family call me Son or Sonny, but a popular nickname for Sonya is Sunny which I also love.

I believe Sonya also derives from the Greek Sophia, which means wisdom.

In the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sonya was a reluctant prostitute, the confessor of the main character (Rodya), and a symbol of the idea that suffering has redemptive power. The name Sonya was an alternative for the character's given name, Sofya.

Sonya Aurora Madan was the singer in the indie band Echobelly.

My name is Sonyaa with a double 'a'. Are there any others out there?

I love the sound of the name Sonya. It flows smoothly and sounds pleasant. It has an exotic sound to it.

Sonya is a beautiful elegant name for a girl. I like this spelling the best.

With the popularity of the names Sophia and Sophie I am surprised this name hasn't increased in usage. I love the nickname Sonny/Sunny for this name.

I too have been blessed with the wonderful name Sonya. I think it's so lovely and soft. Whenever someone asks me my name I gently exhale "Sahn-ya". I'm proud of my name.

It reminds me of "song". It's pretty.

Sonya appeared on the top 1000 list in the 1930's until 2003. Its most popular year was the 1970's where it ranked 149.

If you saw the series finale episode of "Mad About You", you'll always remember this name. The epsiode told the life story of Paul and Jamie Buchman's now-grown daughter, Mabel, in flashback. In the scene showing her as a snarling, confrontational twelve-year-old, Mabel, who was named by her grandmother as an mnemonic of Mothers Always Bring Extra Love, announces she is changing her name to Sonya, for Some Other Name, You A***.

In the beginning of the older tv series Mama's family, the son's daughter is named Sonya.

The neurosurgeon Ben Carson's mother's name is Sonya.

No it is not a pet form, it is the Russian version of Sophia.

Sonja is the Russian pet form of the Greek name Sophia.

A famous bearer of this name is Sonya Blade of Mortal Kombat!

Sonya Blade of Midway's Mortal Kombat series is a bearer of this name!

I absolutely love this name. I am quite surprised that this name has not become popular. Oh well, maybe it will in the future.

This is a beautiful name pronounced ''SON-ya'', with a short 'o' that sounds like a proper 'o', not ''ah'' or anything, but ugly pronounced ''SAW-nya''. The former sounds sophisticated, the latter trashy and annoying.

In the television show Codename:Kids Next Door one operative, who is around the age of seven, name is Sonya, her number is numbuh 83.
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Sonya Walger is a British actress who has acted in many shows like Lost, FlashForward and many other shows.

It's very pretty. I like it more then Sophia.

Sonya Klopfer is a former American figure skater.

I like Sonia way better than this. It's too trendy and very, very common.