Sonia (name)

Sonja is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

Sonja is the Russian diminutive of the female given name Sophia, which means " wisdom " or " the way ". Derived from Russian "son " is the name also has the meaning: " the dreamer ", " the dreamer ". Occasionally, " Sonja " translated as " the fighting for the truth," but the literal translation is the first mentioned.

From 1900, the name enjoyed great popularity in Scandinavia and was promoted since the 1950s in many European countries for fashion names. In Germany the name was chosen more frequently, especially in the 1970s. In 1975, he finished in 15th place in the ranking of contracts awarded this year female name. The most common is the name Sonja in Germany, Russia, Ukraine, awarded in the Scandinavian countries and the Philippines.

A special coloring, then the name in that these diminutive means " Dormouse " or " Sleepyhead " in Russian.

Name Days

Variants

  • Russian - Соня ( Sonja )
  • Serbian - Соња ( Sonja )
  • English - Sonya, Sonia
  • Italian - Sonia
  • Spanish - Sonia
  • French - Sonia
  • Czech and Slovak - Soňa
  • Hungarian - Szonja, Szoszka, Szonika, Szoni, Szoszi, Szoszo, Szonici, Szonjus

Similar names

  • Sanja
  • Sinja
  • Sinje
  • Sona
  • Soniya
  • Sonija
  • Sonje
  • Sontje
  • Sunja
  • Šunje
  • Sünja
  • Sünje
  • Sonka
  • Sonjo

Famous names winners

  • Sonja tree (* 1975), German actress
  • Sonja Bertram (* 1984), German actress
  • Sonja Frey ( * 1993), Austrian handball player
  • Sonja Fuss (born 1978 ), German football player
  • Sonja Gerhardt (* 1989), German actress
  • Sonja Haraldsen ( born 1937 ), Queen of Norway
  • Sonja Henie (1912-1969), Norwegian figure skater
  • Sonja Kesselschläger (* 1978), German track and field athlete
  • Sonja Kirchberger (* 1964), Austrian actress
  • Sonja Kovalevsky (1850-1891), Russian mathematician (turned German form of her name: Sofya Kovalevskaya actually )
  • Soňa Mihoková ( b. 1971 ), Slovak biathlete
  • Sonia Seymour Mikich (* 1951), German journalist and television presenter.
  • Sonja Morgenstern ( born 1955 ), German figure skater
  • Sonja Nef (born 1972 ), Swiss alpine skier
  • Sonja Upper (* 1973), German marathon runner and triathlete
  • Sonja Perenda (* 1983), Austrian singer, editor of help - your helper with heart magazine
  • Sonja PORLE ( born 1960 ), Slovenian author
  • Sonja Richter ( born 1974 ), Danish actress
  • Sonja Savić (1961-2008), Serbian actress and film makers
  • Sonja Schöber (* 1985), German swimmer
  • Sonja Schünemann, ZDF online editor and presenter of heute.de
  • Sonja Sonnenfeld (1912-2010), Swedish human rights activist
  • Sonja Sutter ( born 1931 ), German actress
  • Sonja Zekri (* 1967), German journalist
  • Sonja Ziemann (* 1926), German actress, singer and dancer
  • Sonja Zietlow (* 1968), German television presenter
  • Sonia Rykiel ( b. 1930 ), French fashion designer
  • Sonja Ruether ( b. 1975 ), German writer
  • Sonja was also the codename of the Soviet spy and later a writer Ruth Werner (1907-2000)
  • The East German spy Johanna Olbrich (1926-2004) used the pseudonym Sonja Lüneburg.
  • Name of the Austrian actress Venceslava Vesely (1886-1974), see Magda Sonja

Literary figures

  • Sonja Marmeladova Fyodor Dostoevsky from " Crime and Punishment "
  • Sonja Rostov from Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace "
  • Sonja Sonnenschein ( Little Miss Sunshine) from Roger Hargreaves ' children's book series "Our Lord Lucky and his friends"

More

  • Sonja is the name of a small planet.
  • Female first name
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