Sonia
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Sonia is a Slavic version of Sophia, from the Greek for “wisdom,” with spellings Sonja and Sonya. Sonia became a name in its own right in the early 1900s, boosted by skater Sonja Henie and designer Sonia Rykiel, and is a quiet alternative to Sophia. In the film Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, the character Sonia Murray is an everyday woman pregnant with a child who holds a cosmic secret.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Sonia in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Sonia against each list of names.
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Georgian
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Greek
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Indonesian
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Italian
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Sonia is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Sonia in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 171 girls were named Sonia, making it the #1299 girls' name in the US. Since 1895, 66,747 girls have been named Sonia, with the most (1,767) in 1970. It is most common, relative to births, in Illinois, Colorado and Washington.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Sonia in other languages
- Соня Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
- Sonja Dutch, Slovenian
- Soňa Czech
- Sònia Catalan
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Sonia
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Sonia, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Sonia | 2025 | Eastern Pacific | 83 km/h |
| Tropical storm Sonia | 2013 | Eastern Pacific | 74 km/h |
| Tropical storm Sonia | 1983 | Eastern Pacific | 74 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Sonia
There are 24 towns and villages with Sonia in their name, in 9 countries.
🇮🇳 India 11🇲🇽 Mexico 6🇧🇷 Brazil 1🇨🇴 Colombia 1🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1🇭🇹 Haiti 1🇵🇰 Pakistan 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Barwa Sonia | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| El Sonia | Barinas, 🇻🇪 Venezuela | – | Map |
| Santa Sonia | Chiapas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | – | Map |
| Sonia | Cartago Province, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | – | Map |
| Sonia | Ouest, 🇭🇹 Haiti | – | Map |
| Sonia | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Sonia | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Sonia | Punjab, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Sonia | Rajasthan, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Sonia | Bihar, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Sonia
There are 9 lakes and reservoirs with Sonia in their name.
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| Lac Sonia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sonia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sonia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sonia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sonia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sonia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Sonia Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Sonia Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Petit lac Sonia | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Sonia songs
One song on Wikidata has Sonia in its title:
- Sonia. – Orits Wiliki (1996)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Sonia
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Sonia.
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Sonia Holm
Sonia Lafuente
Sonia Sanchez
Fictional characters named Sonia
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Sonia as a pet name
FurryName has found 24 dogs named Sonia in public pet registers, making it the #5,073 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (12), Toronto (4), Playford (1). Sonia as a dog name →
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