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Sofya - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Sofya

[ syll. so-fya, sof-ya ] The girl name Sofya is pronounced as SAOFiyah KEY. Sofya is largely used in Russian and Turkish. Its origin is Old Greek. Sofya is a variant of the name Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian).

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

Baby names that sound like Sofya 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), Sofiya (Russian), Sofía (Spanish), 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 Sofya: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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