Sonja - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Sonja \s(o)-nja, son-ja\ is a variant of Sonia (English) and Sophia (Greek), and the meaning of Sonja is "wisdom".

The baby name Sonja sounds like Sonnja and Sonje. Other similar baby names are Sonya and Sondja.

Sonja is a very common first name for women (#468 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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