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Please help! Sophie, Sophia, Sonia or Sonya

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alyka25 · 03/02/2021 09:52

2 weeks till yh due date but we still can't decide 😭 what are your thoughts? I like Sonya or Sophie but DH is opposite - Sophia... Which one you like / dislike and why? Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Ellmau · 03/02/2021 23:13

I love Sophia and like Sophie. Not keen on Sonia/Sonya.

username1724 · 03/02/2021 22:24

Sophia, Sophie is generally pretty dull and Sonia just reminds me of Eastenders. Sophia is a beautiful name though and despite popularity ive not come across any in our area

LittleTiger007 · 03/02/2021 22:21

Sophie by a country mile

fimimifi · 03/02/2021 22:21

Definitely Sophia, it's my favourite girls name. Sophie is lovely too though.

danascully96 · 03/02/2021 22:06

Sophie! Simple and sweet. I used to not like the name Sophie, but it's really grown on me. Sophia's pretty as well and the nickname "Fia" (Irish for wild deer) would be cute...

Sophie, then Sophia are my favs! Sofia is also lovely.

Not a fan of the others.

Minnie6078 · 03/02/2021 22:01

Definitely not sonya

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 03/02/2021 21:40

I like both Sophie and Sophia - lovely meaning and a nice sound (I have a slight preference for Sophia nn Sophy - feels very Austenesque). Sonia/Sonya seems a bit too 80's to me.

I'd decide on Sophie vs Sophia based on which sounds best with your surname; or if both sound good, then which is the least popular in your area (check the ONS website for local stats)

ostrichlover · 03/02/2021 21:38

I think I like Sophia best. Names ending with a seem so feminine and pretty to me. I like Sofia too as a different spelling

Onlinedilema · 03/02/2021 21:32

Definitely not Sonia/Sonya.
Sophia or Sofia is much nicer.

Bouledeneige · 03/02/2021 20:40

Sophie

partyatthepalace · 03/02/2021 20:18

Really like Sophie or Sophia (which is best would depend on your surname). I really dislike Sonia/Sonya.. to me it’s 70s in a bad way - makes me think of a faded barmaid or sex worker.

Notapheasantplucker · 03/02/2021 19:48

Sophia/Sofia!Smile

dingoesatemybaby · 03/02/2021 19:43

Sophie

Suzi888 · 03/02/2021 19:43

Sophia

Embarrasedaf · 03/02/2021 19:36

Sophia every time

NannyR · 03/02/2021 19:34

I love Sophie, simple and classic. Sophia is extremely popular around where I live and work.
Personally I don't like Sonia/sonya at all.

ODFOx · 03/02/2021 19:30

They are both lovely options OP. Sophie is more traditionally English and Sophia more European. The choice is between 2 lovely names.
Congratulations!

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alyka25 · 03/02/2021 19:27

Thanks a lot!!! It looks like we have 2 options: Sophia (or Sofia) and Sophie... Such a difficult choice ;(((

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PattyPan · 03/02/2021 18:43

Sophia is my favourite, followed by Sophie. Sonia makes me think of interest rates. Sonya makes me think of the cousin in War & Peace - boring but essentially unobjectionable.

DramaAlpaca · 03/02/2021 18:35

Sophie for me, it's lovely.

Then Sophia.

Not keen on Sonia/Sonya.

WagnerTheWehrWolf · 03/02/2021 18:18

Sophie is fine of course but I know approximately 287 of them. Sophia seems brash to me for some reason. Dislike it greatly.

WagnerTheWehrWolf · 03/02/2021 18:16

Liverpudlian songbirds and Eastend trumpeters aside, I'd be charmed to meet a baby Sonia.

It'll whoosh back into fashion with Nicola and Amanda in 20 years time anyway.

Carouselfish · 03/02/2021 18:10

I like Sophia. Sonia is okay when not pronounced American style as Sewn ya.

Labobo · 03/02/2021 17:12

Sophia which is my all-time favourite girl's name. Then Sophie - also lovely. Don't like Sonya in any form. Names that end in nya/nia always sound whiny to me: Sonya, Tania etc.

Juanbablo · 03/02/2021 17:10

Sophia is my favourite.

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