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Sonya

Meaning

Russian diminutive of SOPHIA. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel 'War and Peace'

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Name Personality

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Famous People Named Sonya

Sonya Adler

Sophia "Sonya" Adler (née Oberlander; c.

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Sonya Dorman

Sonya Dorman (June 4, 1924 – February 14, 2005), born Sonya Gloria Hess, was the working name of Sonya Dorman Hess.

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Sonya Salomaa

Sonya Salomaa (born 1974) is a Canadian actress, known for her performances in The Collector and Durham County.

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Sonya Biddle

Sonya Biddle (31 December 1957 – 19 January 2022) was a Canadian actress and politician in Montreal, Quebec.

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Sonya Renee Taylor

Sonya Renee Taylor is an author, poet, spoken word artist, speaker, humanitarian and social justice activist, educator, and founder of The Body is Not An Apology movement.

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Sonya in Other Languages

Ancient GreekSophus
BulgarianSofia
BulgarianSofiya
CatalanSofia
CroatianSofija
CroatianSonja
CzechSofie
CzechSoňa

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