Sophia (name)
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| Sophia | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Derivation | From Greek Σοφία |
| Meaning | Wisdom |
| Region of origin | Greek |
| Other names | |
| Related names | sophee |
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A Russian icon depicting Sophia, the Holy Wisdom.
A depiction of Saint Sophia the Martyr with her three martyred daughters Faith, Hope and Charity.
Sophia is a female name derived from σοφία, the Greek word for "Wisdom". The name was used to represent the personification of wisdom and is also the name of an early Christian martyr.
Popularity
Sophia has been a popular name throughout the western world and the most popular given name for girls in the US for 2012.[1] Sophie was the fifth most popular name for girls in Australia in 2013.[2]
Name variants
- Fia (Swedish)
- Safia/Saphia (Arabic), (Persian), (Urdu)
- Safiye (Turkish)
- Safana (Persian)
- Sofana (maltese), (Greek)
- Sophia (English), (Bulgarian), (German), (Flemish)
- Sophie (French), (German), (Dutch), (Flemish), (English, especially as diminutive)
- Sophio (Georgian)
- Sophy / Sophie (English)
- Soffia (Icelandic), (Welsh)
- Sofia/Sofea (Bulgarian), (Romanian), (Catalan), (English), (Finnish), (German), (Greek), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Swedish), (Portuguese), (Spanish), (Flemish)
- Sofía (Spanish)
- Sofie (Danish), (Dutch), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish), (Flemish)
- Sofieke (Dutch)
- Sofiia (Ukrainian), (Russian)
- Sofija (Slovene), (Croatian), (Latvian), (Lithuanian), (Serbian)
- Sofiya (Bulgarian), (Russian), (Ukrainian)
- Sofya (Turkish)
- Szófia (Hungarian)
- Tzofia (Hebrew)
- Zofia (Polish, Zosia [ˈzɔɕa] in the diminutive form)
- Žofia (Slovak)
- Žofie (Czech)
- Zofija (Slovene)
- Zsófia (Hungarian)
People
- Safiye Ali (1891–1952), Turkish physician
- Safiye Ayla (1907–1998), Turkish singer
- Sofia Coppola (born 1971), American actress and director
- Sofia Essaïdi (born 1984), Franco-Moroccan singer
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931), Russian-Tatar composer
- Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), Russian mathematician
- Sofia Milos (born 1969), Swiss actress
- Sofia Rotaru (born 1947), Ukrainian singer
- Sofia Shinas (born 1968), Canadian artist
- Sofía Vergara (born 1972), Colombian model and actress
- Sofija Korkutytė (1939–2000), Lithuanian rower
- Sofiko Chiaureli (1937–2008), Georgian actress
- Sophia Abrahão (born 1991), Brazilian actress
- Sophia Aggelonitis, Canadian politician
- Sophia Aliberti (born 1963), Greek actress and TV presenter
- Sophia Baddeley (1745–1786), English actress
- Sophia Brahe (1556–1643), Danish astronomer
- Sophia Bush (born 1982), American actress
- Sophia Collier (born 1956), American entrepreneur
- Sophia D. Stoddard, American educator
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese poet
- Sophia Drossopoulou, Greek computer scientist
- Sophia Dussek (1775–1831), Scottish composer
- Sophia Forero (born 1967), American jewelry designer
- Sophia Hayden Bennett (1868–1953), American architect
- Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912), English physician
- Sophia Karp (1861–1904), Romanian actress
- Sophia Kokosalaki (born 1972), Greek fashion designer
- Sophia Lee (1750–1824), English novelist
- Sophia Leung (born 1933), Canadian politician
- Sophia Loren (born 1934), Italian actress
- Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (1853–1881), Russian revolutionary
- Sophia McDougall (born 1979), British author
- Sophia Michahelles (born 1976), American puppeteer
- Sophia Myles (born 1980), English actress
- Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871), American painter
- Sophia Romero, American writer
- Sophia Vossou (born 1961), Greek singer
- Sophia Wilson (1860–?), Japanese courtesan and wife of Captain John Wilson
- Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok (1885–1933), Russian poet
- Sophia Yan (born 1986), American classical pianist
- Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), Polish writer
- Zofia Nałkowska, Polish writer, the author of the Medallions
Royalty
- Countess Sophia Ignatyeva (1850–1944), Russian noble
- Infanta Sofía of Spain (born 2007), Spanish princess
- Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736–1798), Duchess of Württemberg
- Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768–1840), Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
- Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719–1765), daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
- Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773–1844), British princess
- Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777–1848), British princess
- Queen Sofía of Spain (born 1938), Queen consort of Spain
- Safiye Sultan (1550–1605), Queen consort of the Ottoman Empire, spouse of sultan Murad III
- Sofia of Bavaria Wittelsbach (1376–1425), Queen of Bohemia
- Sophia Alekseyevna (1657–1704), Russian regent
- Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666–1726), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of George I of Great Britain
- Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687–1757), Queen consort of Prussia, daughter of George I of Great Britain
- Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636–1689), German noblewoman
- Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758–1794), Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700–1770), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway
- Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714), heir to the English throne
- Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913), Queen consort of Sweden and Norway
- Sophia of Prussia (1870–1932), Queen consort of Greece
- Sophia Palaiologina (1455–1503), Grand Duchess of Moscow
- Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley (1796–1837), daughter of William IV
Music
- Sofia (Filipino singer), a bossa nova singer from the Philippines
- Sofia (Swedish singer), full name Sofia Berntson
Sports
- Sofia Arvidsson (born 1984), Swedish tennis player
- Sofia Bekatorou (born 1977), Greek sailor
- Sofia Konukh (born 1980), Russian water polo player
- Sofía Mulanovich (born 1983), Peruvian surfer
- Sofia Muratova (born 1929–2006), Russian gymnast
- Sofia Papadopoulou (born 1983), Greek sailor
- Sofia Sakorafa (born 1957), Greek javelin thrower
- Sofiya Bozhanova (born 1967), Bulgarian long and triple jump
Fictional characters
- Sofia Constantinas, from the comic Wonder Woman
- Sofia Curtis, from the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Sophia Esteed, from the video game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Sophia Forrester, from the animated TV series Last Exile
- Sophia Hapgood, from the video game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Sofia Lamb, from the video game Bioshock 2
- Sophia Lopez, from the TV series Nip/Tuck
- Sophia Peletier, from the TV series The Walking Dead
- Sophia Petrillo, from the TV series The Golden Girls
- Sofia Petrovna, a character from the novel of the same name
- Sofia Espinosa, supportive character in the fantasy book series Rey de Noches
- Sofia Sartor from the video game Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Sofia Serrano from the film Vanilla Sky
- Sophia Tutu, a character from the animated TV series The Raccoons
- Sophia Western, main heroine of the novel The History of Tom Jones
- Sofia Dupre Winters, a character on the America soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Sophie Zawistowska, the title character of the novel and movie, Sophie's Choice
- Sophia, the playable character from Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
- Sophie, from the video game Tales of Graces
See also
See also
1. Vivi is also a form of Vivienne/Vivian.
References
- ↑ The United States Social Security Administration (SSA)
- ↑ "Australia’s 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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