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What does Sonya mean?
Sonya 
▼ as a name for girls is of English and Greek origin, and the meaning of the name Sonya is "wisdom". Sonya is a variant form of Sonia (English). Sonya is also a derivative of Sophia (Greek).
STARTS WITH So-
Variations
VARIANTS Sonnie, Sonni, Sonja▼, Sohnia
RELATED FORMS VIA SONIA, SOPHIA Sofia▲, Sofie, Sofka, Sofy, Sofya, Sohnnja, Sondja, Sondya, Sonje, Sonnja, Sophy, Zofia, Zofya, Zosia
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Sinya, ..
(male) Soney, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Sonya Sariyah (S.S.), ..
How popular is Sonya?
Sonya is a very popular first name for women (#339 out of 4276, Top 8%) but a rare surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Sonya entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its highest rank of #149 in the U.S. in the 1970s, and is at #1697 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Sophia (#5 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Sofia (#17), Sonia (#1063), Sofie (#1409), Sonja and Zofia are the prominent variation forms of Sonya (#1697) ranked in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Sonnja, are seldom used. These forms of Sonya were at the apex of their popularity in 2013 (MEDIAN #1014) and are somewhat less conventional today (#1170, ▼27%), with versions such as Sonja going out of style. Sofia is the most chic girl name in this list.
Similar Names
Sonya▼ is alike in pronunciation to Sanna, Sannah, Sanny, Seana, Seanna, Sena▼, Sianna, Siena▲, Sienna▲, Signa, Sunny▲, Xena, Zana▼, Zeenya, Zena, Zenia, Zenna, Zenya, Zinia, Zinnya, Zinya, Zoanna, Zona▼, Zonia and Zyna. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aanya, Aenya, Anya, Bronya, Danya, Dinya, Donya, Dosya, Ennya, Enya, Fanya, Fenya, Genya, Ginya, Inya, Ionya, Joya, Kenya, Lenya, Manya, Moya, Panya, Roya, Samya▼, Sanda, Santa, Senga, Shaya, Shona, Shonda▼, Shonna, Shonta, Silya, Sindya, Soma, Sondra▼, Sonel, Sonoma, Sonora, Soraya▲, Synda, Tanya▼, Tonnya, Tonya▼, Toya▼, Vanya, Vinya, Zorya, Zoya▲ and Zoyya (see Zoya). These names tend to be less commonly used than Sonya.
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