Meaning of name Sonia

The name Sonia has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Sonia is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 549 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Sonia rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 22 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 685 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Sonia in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Sonia is very likely a(n) Greek variant of the name Sophia. See other suggested Greek girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Sophia.

The following names are baby names related to Sonia and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Sonia: Boys - Cristopher, Darius, Deo, Galen, Leander, Philip, Girls - Damaris, Dea, Dido, Kittie, Larissa, Leandra, Lexi, Lydia, Ophelia, Both genders - Christopher, Cora, Stephanie

The name Sonia is a variant of Sophia. Other popular variants of the name Sophia are: Chofa, Fifi, Saffi, Sofia (Norwegian), Sofka, Sofy, Sofya, Sohvi (Finnish), Sonia, Sonja, Sonya (Russian), Soph, Sophie (French), Zofia, Zosha, Zosia (Polish)

We think the name Sonia should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Sonia to be: A sweet and pretty girl

In one word, you might describe Sonia as a(n) "pretty" person.

See other "pretty" names for girls.