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Sofia - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Sofia

[ 3 syll. so-fia, sof-ia ] The girl name Sofia is pronounced as SowFIYah KEY. Sofia is primarily used in the English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian languages. It is of Old Greek origin. Sofia is a variant spelling of the English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian name Sophia.

Sofia is a very popular baby girl name, and it is also considered trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1970s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.287% of baby girls being given the name Sofia. It had a ranking of #36 then. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly linked to Sofia, the English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian Sophia was the most frequently used. The name was thrice as popular as Sofia in that year.

Baby names that sound like Sofia include the Spanish Sofía, the English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian Sophia, the English Sabia, the Arabic Sabiya, the Arabic Sabiyah, the Swahili Saffiya, the Arabic Safia, the Arabic and Swahili Safiya, the English Sheeva, the Italian Sibella, the Russian Sofiya, the Russian and Turkish Sofya, the Italian Sophea, the Arabic Saba, the Arabic Sabah, the Arabic Sabaya, the English Sabha, the Arabic and Iranian Safa, the Russian Savya, and the Spanish Shaba.

Details of famous persons named Sofia:
Actress Sophia Loren, born Sofia Scicolone 20 September 1934, Rome, Italy.
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola, born 14 May 1971, New York, New York.

KEY: Pronunciation for Sofia: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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