Sona
A Slavic name meaning "gold". It stays rare in Poland: only about a hundred women carry it, and none has gone to a newborn in years.
Sona Pronunciation
Sona is pronounced SO-nah (/ˈsɔna/).
What Sona means
Where Sona comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sona carries a Slavic origin, and the sense kept for it is gold. In Polish that is złoto, the same word a jeweller still uses for the metal. The link runs back to Proto-Slavic *zolto, the root behind złoto and behind the word for gold across the Slavic languages.
A name meaning gold sets a high value on the person who holds it. Gold was measured, weighed, and taxed, so the word named worth in plain terms. People counted gold as riches, and the name repeats that judgement. Sona borrows that plainness.
Read out at an imieniny, or checked off a school register, Sona stays short and easy to say. The meaning is gold. Whatever else attaches to it, the Slavic root and the sense of złoto stay at the base.
How many people are named Sona
1 in 199503 women in Poland is named Sona. 113 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3205 among female names.
Sona as a middle name
Sona is a first name for 113 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 98/2 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6787th, between Somna (2) and Sonika (2).
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#6785 Someshwar2
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#6786 Somna2
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#6787 Sona2
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#6788 Sonika2
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#6789 Sophie-Marie2