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Sofonisba - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Sofonisba

[ syll. so-fo-nis-ba, sof-oni-sba ] The girl name Sofonisba is pronounced as SOWFahNIHSBah KEY. Sofonisba is used predominantly in the Italian language and its origin is Old Greek. Sofonisba is a variant of the name Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian).

Sofonisba is unusual as a baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of girl names directly linked to Sofonisba, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most commonly used in 2008.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Sofonisba: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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