Etymology

Sonia

S1O1N1I1A1

Today it means: A female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of the name which is spelled Sonya in the US). Full definition →

Russian Со́ня
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Russian · borrowed fromСо́ня
  2. English todaySonia

Borrowed from Russian Со́ня (Sónja), pet form of Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sophia”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.