# Sonia

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #14,224

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of the name which is spelled Sonya in the US).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Со́ня (Sónja), pet form of Софи́я (Sofíja, “Sophia”).

## Easily confused with
- **sons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sons)
- **Sony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sony)
- **sora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sora)
- **Sosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sosa)
- **soya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-soya)
- **Syria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-syria)
- **sonic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sonic)
- **sonny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sonny)
- **sorta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sorta)
- **Sonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sonya)
- **Sonja** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sonja)
- **Sunil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sunil)
- **Sousa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sousa)
- **Sophia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sophia)
- **Sonoma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sonoma)
- **Sonora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonia-vs-sonora)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/son-vs-sonia)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sia-vs-sonia)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soi-vs-sonia)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soa-vs-sonia)

## Common misspellings (6)
`osnia`, `snoia`, `soina`, `sonai`, `sonnia`, `ssonia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sonia