Sophia (name)

For other uses of "Sophie", see Sophie (disambiguation).

Sophia
Gender	Female
Origin
Derivation	from Greek Σοφία
Meaning	Sonsa
Region of origin	Greek
Other names
Related names	Sonia

A Russian icon depicting Sophia, the Holy Wisdom.

A depiction of Saint Sophia the Martyr with her three martyred daughters Faith, Hope and Charity.

Personification of wisdom (in Greek, "Σοφία" or "Sophia") at the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey.

Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a female name derived from σοφία, the Greek word for "Wisdom". The name was used to represent the personification of wisdom.

Popularity

Sophia has been a popular name throughout the Western world. It is 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)
سفانہ (Safana) (Persian)
صفیه (Safia) (Persian)
Sofana (Maltese)
Sophia (English, Bulgarian, German, Flemish)
Sophie (French)
სოფჰიო (Sophio) (Georgian)
სოფია (Sopia), სოფო (Sopo) (Georgian)
Sophie (English)
Soffia (Icelandic, Welsh)
Sofia/Sofea (Bulgarian, Romanian, Catalan, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Flemish)
Sofía (Spanish)
Sofia (Finnish)
Sofie (Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Flemish)
Sofieke (Dutch)
София (Sofiya) (Ukrainian, Russian)
Sofija/Софија (Slovene, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian)
Zofia (Polish)
Zsófia (Hungarian)

People

Safiye Ali (1891–1952), Turkish physician
Safiye Ayla (1907–1998), Turkish singer
Saint Sophia of Rome, a martyr (d. 304 AD)
Saint Sophia the Martyr (d. 137 AD)
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 Samatar (born 1971), Somali-American writer
Sofia Shinas (born 1968), Canadian artist
Sofia Vassilieva (born 1992), American actress
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 de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese poet
Sophia Baddeley (1745–1786), English actress
Sophia Hayden Bennett (1868–1953), American architect
Sophia Brahe (1556–1643), Danish astronomer
Sophia Bush (born 1982), American actress
Sophia Collier (born 1956), American entrepreneur
Sophia Drossopoulou, Greek computer scientist
Sophia Dussek (1775–1831), Scottish composer
Sophia Eckerson (1880-1954), American botanist and microchemist
Sophia Forero (born 1967), American jewelry designer
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871), American painter
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 McDougall (born 1979), British author
Sophia Michahelles (born 1976), American puppeteer
Sophia Myles (born 1980), English actress
Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok (1885–1933), Russian poet
Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (1853–1881), Russian revolutionary
Sophia Romero, American writer
Sophia D. Stoddard, American educator
Sophia Vossou (born 1961), Greek singer
Sophia Wilson (1860–?), Japanese courtesan and wife of Captain John Wilson
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
Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (born 1984), wife of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

Music

Sofia, bossa nova singer from the Philippines
Sofia, born Sofia Berntson, Swedish singer

Sports

Sofia Arvidsson (born 1984), Swedish tennis player
Sofia Bekatorou (born 1977), Greek sailor and Olympic gold medalist
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 Polgar, Hungarian-born Israeli and Canadian chess grandmaster
Sofia Sakorafa (born 1957), Greek javelin thrower and politician
Sofiya Bozhanova (born 1967), Bulgarian long and triple jump
Sofiya Burkhanova (born 1989), Uzbekistani shot putter

Fictional characters

Princess Sofia, from the Disney Junior television series Sofia the First
Sophie Amundsen, main character from the novel Sophie's World
Sofia Constantinas, from the comic Wonder Woman
Sofia Curtis, from the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sofia Johnson, from film The Color Purple
Sofia Dupre, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
Sofia Lamb, from the video game BioShock 2
Sofia Petrovna, a character from the novel of the same name
Sofia Sartor from the video game Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Sofia Serrano from the film Vanilla Sky
Sofia Robbins Sloan Torres, a character from Grey's Anatomy
Sophia, playable character from Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
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
Sophia Lopez, from the TV series Nip/Tuck
Sophia Peletier, from the TV series and comic books The Walking Dead
Sophia Petrillo, from the TV series The Golden Girls
Sophia Tutu, a character from the animated TV series The Raccoons
Sophia Western, main heroine of the novel The History of Tom Jones
Sophie, from the video game Tales of Graces
Sophie Neveu Saint-Clair, character in Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code
Sophie Zawistowska, the title character of the novel and movie Sophie's Choice

References

↑ The United States Social Security Administration (SSA)
↑ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

NamepediA Blog - The Journey of the Name Sophia

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