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Sonia

سونياIn Arabic

Meaning
Wisdom: a pet form of Sofiya (Sophia)
About the name
English readers learned the name from characters in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Tolstoy's War and Peace. Scandinavian languages spell it Sonja.
For
A girl
Origin
Greek, Slavic
Other spellings
Sonja, Sonya

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Confidence: medium

Sources

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