Sonya
Wisdom, in Russian
Sonya is a female given name, a Russian diminutive of Sophia meaning wisdom.
It appears across Eastern European cultures with variant spellings: Sonia, Sonja.
The name gained broader Western use in the twentieth century: Sonya was the first person I called when I got the news.
Russian woman's name
- OlgaSlavic feminine name
- IrinaRussian feminine name
- AnastasiaName meaning resurrection
- TatianaFeminine given name
Marina · Elena · Svetlana · Nina · Vera · Katerina · Galina · Larissa
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- protagonistStory's central figure
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
compassion · sacrifice · nobility · suffering · purity · forgiveness · Russian literature
Of certain Eastern Europeans
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- CyrillicSlavic alphabet system
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- patronymicName from father's name
Elegant in movement
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- gentleSoft and kind
refined · poised · cultured · artistic · charming · thoughtful · intelligent · creative
Natasha
Russian woman's name
Tatiana · Marina · Elena · Svetlana · Nina · Vera · Katerina · Galina · Larissa · Valentina
Tolstoy
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- protagonistStory's central figure
redemption · compassion · sacrifice · nobility · suffering · purity · forgiveness · Russian literature
Slavic
Of certain Eastern Europeans
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- CyrillicSlavic alphabet system
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
patronymic · nameday · endearment · nickname
graceful
Elegant in movement
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
gentle · refined · poised · cultured · artistic · charming · thoughtful · intelligent · creative · sensitive
- Russian NamesSasha, Natasha, Misha, Vanya, Anya
- Russian HeroinesAnna Karenina, Tatyana, Lara, Kitty, Olga
- ChekhovAnton Chekhov, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, playwright, Uncle Vanya
- Russian LiteratureTolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov