Sonya
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning wisdom; a form of Sophia.
Sonya by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Sonya. In the US, 135 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,980 babies in 1967, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Sophia
Like Sonya, 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 Sonya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Soniawisdom; russian form of Sophia264 in the US (2017)
- Sonjawise; a form of sonya or sonia68 in the US (2017)
- Sanyarefined or diminished; from Sanskrit san (without)31 in the US (2017)
- Sonagolden24 in the US (2017)
- Soniyagolden; a form of Sonya3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sofyawisdom; a form of Sophia9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sonya
Names that are said the same way as Sonya, 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 Sonya, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
Names about as common as Sonya
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