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Sonja Lang, creator of the conlang Toki Pona.
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I think the charm of Sonja equals Sophia and its other variations; both are amazing.
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It looks like the word sponge.
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Also Flemish: http://www.names.be/meisjesnamen.html?met=Sonja&sort=beldesc
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Sonja is a character of the film "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans".
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I don't really like Sonja. Sonia is a little bit prettier in my opinion, however also not my favourite. It has some overly childish vibe for me. I think Sofia is better.
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Sonja Drakulich is a member of the German pagan folk band Faun.
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Sonja was also used a few times in Poland. However more popular form over here is Sonia. [noted -ed]
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Queen Sonja of Norway is the wife of King Harald V. Sonja was born in 4 July 1937 at Red Cross Clinic in Oslo, the daughter of clothing merchant Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen. Her siblings were Haakon Haraldsen, Gry Henriksen and Karl Herman Haraldsen. She grew up at Tuengen Allé 1B in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling in 1954. She received a diploma in dressmaking and tailoring at the Oslo Vocational School, and a diploma from École Professionnelle des Jeunes Filles in Lausanne, Switzerland. There, she studied accounting, fashion design, and social science. She returned to Norway for further studies and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Oslo.
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Sonja Škorić is a singer-songwriter who won the Serbian national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. On 26 September 2010, she won the Serbian national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk with the song "Čarobna noć".
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Must be better having this name in Europe than in the USA. Here it's not even considered a white girl's name and I've never met another white Sonja in my life, not to mention how people always have to pronounce it Sawn-JUH (Ugh).
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Sonja Bakić is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She reached fame as a contestant in television show Operacija trijumf, which was broadcast in five countries, and made Sonja a regional music superstar.
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The name is also used in Iceland. [noted -ed]
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The name is also rather common in Iceland.
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I love this name: its sound, and its spelling--Sonja is my favorite of all its variants. I also like that it means the same thing as Sophia, "wisdom," without being nearly so common (in America).
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Pronounced SOH-nyah (more common).
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Also a feminine name in Croatia.
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I love the way it's pronounced; it's so soft and makes me think of a girl who is sweet and is always laughing and smiling. My boyfriend wants to name his future daughter this, and he's of German heritage as well as I am. I like this spelling, too.
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Red Sonja comic books. They take place in the same world as Conan.
Red Sonja is an unbeatable woman warrior who refuses to sleep with any man who cannot beat her in a duel, she purposely wears very skimpy armor to antagonize men who desire her.
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Red Sonja is an unbeatable woman warrior who refuses to sleep with any man who cannot beat her in a duel, she purposely wears very skimpy armor to antagonize men who desire her.
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Sonja Aldén is a Swedish singer.
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Pronounced also "Sawn-yah".
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Sonja appeared on the top 1000 list from the 1930's until the 1980's. Its most popular year was the 1960's where it ranked 269.
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Sonja is also a common Macedonian name. Letter N followed by J make up a letter NJ (as in NEw) in Slavic languages. It is pronounced the same as Sonia or Sonya, not Son-JA as in JAil.
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Sonja was a character in the 2003 horror-action movie "Underworld." I'm not going to say so much about her, because it may ruin the movie for some who haven't seen it (what are you waiting for?)
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Character named Sonja Blue in Nancy A. Collins's "Sonja Blue" series.
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A famous bearer of this name is Norway's current queen, Dronning Sonja.
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Made popular by skater and actress Sonja Henie (1912-1969). In Hungarian, spelled Szonja.
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• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sonja (in Dutch)
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Sonja/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/K5bxORKfqx4 (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:01 and 0:11)
• https://youtu.be/WQ9xOYDbtTI (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:20 and 0:33)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /'sɔn.ja:/ [noted -ed]