Sonia
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning wisdom; russian form of Sophia.
Sonia by the numbers
In 2025, 32 babies in England and Wales were named Sonia. In the US, 264 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 1,768 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Sophia
Like Sonia, each of these traces back to Sophia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Sofiewisdom; a form of Sophia160 in the US (2017)
- Sophyawisdom; a spelling variant of Sophia21 in the US (2017)
- Sofijawisdom; a form of Sophia20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sophiyawisdom; a form of Sophia16 in the US (2017)
- Sophinawisdom; a form of Sophia15 in the US (2017)
- Sophiagracewisdom and grace; a compound of Sophia and Grace13 in the US (2017)
- Sophiahwisdom; a form of Sophia13 in the US (2017)
- Sophianawise woman; from Sophia11 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sonia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Sonia
Names that are said the same way as Sonia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sohanabeautiful or attractive15 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Sonia, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sagewise one1,669 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sonia
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