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Sofiya - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Sofiya

[ syll. so-fi-ya, sof-iya ] The girl name Sofiya is pronounced SOWFiyYah KEY. Sofiya's origin is Old Greek, and its use, Russian. Sofiya is a variant of Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian). Sonya (pet form in Russian and Scandinavian) is a variant of the name.

Sofiya is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Within the family of girl names directly related to Sofiya, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most widely used in 2008.

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

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Sofiya: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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