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Infobox Given Name Revised| name = Sonia| image = | imagesize = | caption =| pronunciation =| gender = Feminine | meaning =| region = | origin =| related names = Sophia (name)|Sophia | footnotes =Sonia is a feminine given name in many areas of the world including Western world|the West , Russia , Iran , Pakistan and India . The name is originally Arabic and it means a girl with light, or a girl with high rank in society. The name is very common in some places in the Arabic word especially Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The name 'Sonia' should be differentiated from the name 'Sofia' although they are similar in English language. The name was popularised by a Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1910s|1917 bestselling novel , Sonia by Stephen McKenna.cite book|last=Martin-Doyle|first=Katie|title=The Treasury of Baby Names|year=1999|publisher=Worth Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-1-903025-11-6|pages=240 In Hindi language|Hindi , the name means 'golden', http://www.indianchild.com/baby_name_indian_girl_s.htm Baby Name Indian Girl: Girl Baby names beginning with S derived from ???? sona 'gold', from Sanskrit http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3 ?????? suvar?a ( su - 'good' + var?a 'color').
Sonya and its variations are occasionally found as surname s in England and the North America|American eastern seaboard.
First name
The name appears in multiple languages including Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian.
Sonia has many variant spellings and related name forms, among them Sonja, Sonje, Sonni, Sonnie, Sonnjea, and Sonya. Sonya is variant of Sophia (Greek) which has 18 variant forms: Saffi, Safiye, Sofia, Sofie, Soficita, Sofka, Sofy, Sofya, Sonja, Sonnie, Sonya, Sophey, Sophie, Sophy, Zofia, Zofi, ofia, Zofya, and Zosia.
Slavic countries spell the name with the letter "j": Sonja, while many English speaking countries spell it with "i" or "y": Sonia or Sonya. These are only variations on the same name.
As a last name in the United States
Sonya is a rare surname in the United States, and was not ranked for people of any age in publications of results of the 1990 Census. The spelling Sonya is of English descent. Spelling variations include: Sonning, Sonnin, Sonin, Soning, Sunning, Sunin, Souning, Sounin, Sonninges, Somin, Somings, and many more. The surname Sonya was first located in Berkshire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor . Some of the first American settlers named Sonya or some of its variants migrated in the mid-17th century to the eastern seaboard. Migrants eventually settled in Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland , Maine , Virginia , The Carolinas , and the islands.
Notable people with this name
Sonja, Queen of Norway
Sonia (singer)|Sonia (Sonia Evans), English pop singer
SONiA (Sonia Rutstein), American singer-songwriter
Sonia, alias of Omaira Rojas Cabrera , FARC-EP guerrilla member
Sonja Bakic , Serbian pop/rock singer
Sônia Braga , Brazilian actress
Sonja Christopher , reality television star
SoniaGandhi , President of the Indian National Congress
Sonya Hartnett , Australian writer
Sonja Henie (1912-1969), Norwegian figure skater and actress
Sonya Marmeladova in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Sonya Serebryakova in Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
List of Mega Man Star Force characters#Sonia Strumm and Lyra|Sonia Strumm rock star in the Mega Man Star Force series of video games
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