Sonja

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Соня (Sonya), a Russian pet form of Sophia ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

Sona	♀
Sonia	♀
Sonja	♀
Sonjá	♀
Suunia	♀

See also Sonny

Name Days

Faroe Islands

29 November

Finland

15 May

Norway

29 November

Finland (Swedish Language)

15 May

Sweden

15 May

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Sonja
Accusative:	Sonju
Dative:	Sonju
Genitive:	Sonju

Further Information

Namesakes

Sonja, Norges Dronning (Queen of Norway) * 4th July, 1937

Sonja Aldén, Swedish singer (* 1977)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		15793	24867	0	0
Denmark[5]		8959	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		2018	4461	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	9245	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][6][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi