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Lorna & Sonja
WDYTO Lorna? I've always had a soft spot for it myself.WDYTO Sonja? This is another name I've always had a soft spot for. What spelling do you prefer: Sonja, Sonya or Sonia? How often do you think Sonja would be mispronounced in an English speaking country? I prefer that spelling but cringe at the thought of someone saying son-ja.

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I dislike Lorna, it sounds hillbillyish to me. Sorry.Sonja is my aunt's name, well...it was, she died a week ago. I was just thinking that it's a beautiful name and I may use it on a future daughter. I originally would have used Sonia, because it looked more balanced, but lately Sonja has been the only one for me. I actually don't think it would be mispronounced in the States.Edited to add: Do you pronounce it SON-ya or SAWN-ya? My family prn. it SAWN-ya, but I always called my aunt SON-ya, and that's what I prefer."No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
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I pronounce it SON-ya, the first syllable like the word sewn. I used to work with a woman named Sonia who pronounced it SAWN-ya and I just don't care for that pronunciation.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
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I love the name Lorna! I've always thought it was a great name.I like Sonia, this spelling only. I think it's pretty, and for some reason I just know if I had a Sonia that I would be tempted to call her Sonny.
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I adore Lorna, it's such a lovely soft name and it's well within my top 20.I like the spelling Sonya (my cousin's name), and I don't mind Sonia (first-cousin-once-removed's name, which is confusing, we say "Sonia with an I" when we're talking about her!). Sonja I think would sometimes be a problem, but people would get used to it.
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I like Lorna but Sonja is nms.
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I really like Sonja, and I prefer that spelling BUT I'm Swedish and in Swedish the J is soft, so it is pronounced as one in English would Sonya. So if I wanted to use the name myself I would probably lean towards Sonya to not have the pronounciation issue, eventhough I like Sonja better. ( I have the same problem with Katja / Katya )
Sonia I don't like.Lorna is pretty nice, but I think it would do better as a MN.
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I don't really like either name, sorry. However, for the name Sonja, I think Sonia is better-it doesn't look as messy. It also avoids mispronunciations. I'm in Australia, and I've never heard the name mispronounced.
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Lorna is a great name! Occasionally it reminds me too much of the word Forlorn, but I still really like it.Sonja is great! I also really like this name, and only like this spelling. Sonya & Sonia are okay, but just don't look as nice to me at all. I think that most people know how to pronounce Sonja, so I don't think that there would be too much of a problem.A similar name that you may or may not like is Sanya : )
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This message was edited 12/8/2005, 10:39 PM

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My godmother's name is Lorna and every other Lorna I've known has been a Filipina woman. I like it, but I don't think that I would ever name my daughter that. Sonja is a name that I adore. I love it spelled with a "j" ... one of my best friends names is Sonja Teresa and she's one of the most beautiful people I know. The name has an exotic quality to it, in America anyway. People tend to pronounce it whichever way they please though. She pronounces it Sawn-ya ... but so many people pronounce it Sown-ya.
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Mum to Hayley Anne. :)Lorna is my Great-Grandmother's name so I sort of like it (I'm biased though) I like Sonja but prefer Soniya. :)
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I work with a Sonja and I just asked her how often her name get's mispronounced. She said not as much as you would expect, most people realise what it should be (I am in Aus by the way). I definitely like it spelt with a j.
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She said not as much as you would expect, most people realise what it should be....
Thanks. That's reassuring.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
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Lorna has a soft spot for me too, mostly becuae it's Scottish and I love Scottish things! It's a nice alternative to the ever popular Lauren and Laura.I don't like the spelling Sonja and it would propably be mispronounced in the USA at least over & over again! Americans are often careless about pronouncing names and it would be son-ja quicker than you can blink an eye! I'd would pronounce it son-ya but I'm a name buff so I like to pronounce things how they are supposed to be pronounced! :)So, because of that I would spell it Sonia because I think it's prettier. It's a nice name, I like it! :)
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I saw Lorna in a movie once and thought it sounded pretty. I really like Sonia, but unfortunately I knew a girl by this name who was really nasty, so I could never use it :(.
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