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| related names = [[Sofija (given name)|Sofija]], [[Sofiya (given name)|Sofiya]], [[Sofya (given name)|Sofya]]
| related names = [[Sofija (given name)|Sofija]], [[Sofiya (given name)|Sofiya]], [[Sofya (given name)|Sofya]], [[Sophus]]
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Catriona Harvey-Jenner, [http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a13096674/most-popular-girls-baby-name-in-world/ This is the most popular baby name for girls in the world], Cosmopolitan, 26 October 2017.</ref>
Catriona Harvey-Jenner, [http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a13096674/most-popular-girls-baby-name-in-world/ This is the most popular baby name for girls in the world], Cosmopolitan, 26 October 2017.</ref>
''Sophia'' and variants of the name remain among the most currently popularly given names for girls in countries across Europe as well as countries in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and others.<ref name=behindthename>[https://www.behindthename.com/name/sophia/top/united-states Sophia], [https://www.behindthename.com/name/sofia Sofia] (behindthename.com)</ref>
''Sophia'' and variants of the name remain among the most currently popularly given names for girls in countries across Europe as well as countries in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and others.<ref name=behindthename>[https://www.behindthename.com/name/sophia/top/united-states Sophia], [https://www.behindthename.com/name/sofia Sofia] (behindthename.com)</ref>

In 2022, ''Sophia'' was the fifth most popular name given to girls in Canada, while ''Sofia'' was 13th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710014701|title=Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)|website=Statistics Canada|access-date=2024-08-25}}</ref>


==Name variants==
==Name variants==
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* [[Zofia Kossak-Szczucka]] (1889–1968), Polish writer
* [[Zofia Kossak-Szczucka]] (1889–1968), Polish writer
* [[KATSEYE|Sophia Laforteza]] (born 2002), Filipino-American singer, dancer and member of global pop group [[KATSEYE]]
* [[KATSEYE|Sophia Laforteza]] (born 2002), Filipino-American singer, dancer and member of global pop group [[KATSEYE]]
* [[Sophia Laskaridou]], Greek artist
* [[Sophia Laskaridou]] (1882–1965), Greek artist
* [[Sophia Lee]] (1750–1824), English novelist
* [[Sophia Lee]] (1750–1824), English novelist
* [[Sophia Lillis]] (born 2002), American actress
* [[Sophia Lillis]] (born 2002), American actress
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* [[Sofia Milos]] (born 1969), Swiss actress
* [[Sofia Milos]] (born 1969), Swiss actress
* [[Sophia Myles]] (born 1980), English actress
* [[Sophia Myles]] (born 1980), English actress
* [[Zofia Nałkowska]], Polish writer, author of ''Medallions''
* [[Zofia Nałkowska]] (1884–1954), Polish writer, author of ''Medallions''
* [[Sofia Pablo (actress)|Sofia Pablo]] (born 2006), Filipina actress and commercial model
* [[Sofia Pablo (actress)|Sofia Pablo]] (born 2006), Filipina actress and commercial model
* [[Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok]] (1885–1933), Russian poet
* [[Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok]] (1885–1933), Russian poet
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* [[Sofía Recondo]] (born 1985), Argentine actress
* [[Sofía Recondo]] (born 1985), Argentine actress
* [[Sofia Rei]], Argentine musician
* [[Sofia Rei]], Argentine musician
* [[Sofia Reyes]], Mexican singer and songwriter
* [[Sophia Reid-Gantzert]] (born 2010), Canadian actress and dancer
* [[Sofia Reyes]] (born 1995), Mexican singer and songwriter
* [[Sophia Romero]], American writer
* [[Sophia Romero]], American writer
* [[Sofia Rotaru]] (born 1947), Ukrainian singer
* [[Sofia Rotaru]] (born 1947), Ukrainian singer
* [[Sofia Samatar]] (born 1971), Somali-American writer
* [[Sofia Samatar]] (born 1971), Somali-American writer
* [[Sofie Sarenbrant]] (born 1978), Swedish author
* [[Sophia Senoron]] (born 1999), Filipino actress, host, model and a beauty pageant titleholder
* [[Sophia Senoron]] (born 1999), Filipino actress, host, model and a beauty pageant titleholder
* [[Sophia Sergio]] (born 1992), Italian beauty pageant titleholder
* [[Sophia Sergio]] (born 1992), Italian beauty pageant titleholder
* [[Sofia Shinas]] (born 1968), Canadian artist
* [[Sofia Shinas]] (born 1968), Canadian artist
* [[Sofia Tarasova]], Ukrainian singer and actress
* [[Sofia Tarasova]] (born 2001), Ukrainian singer and actress
* [[Sofía Tartilán]] (1829–1888), Spanish writer
* [[Sofía Tartilán]] (1829–1888), Spanish writer
* [[Sophie Turner]] (born 1996), English Actress
* [[Sophie Turner]] (born 1996), English Actress
* [[Sofia Vembo]], Greek singer
* [[Sofia Vembo]] (1910–1978), Greek singer
* [[Sofia Vassilieva]] (born 1992), American actress
* [[Sofia Vassilieva]] (born 1992), American actress
* [[Sofía Vergara]] (born 1972), Colombian model and actress
* [[Sofía Vergara]] (born 1972), Colombian model and actress
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===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[Sofia Akateva]] (born 2007), Russian figure skater
* [[Sofia Akhmeteli]] (born 1981), Georgian alpine skier
* [[Sofia Akhmeteli]] (born 1981), Georgian alpine skier
* [[Sofia Arvidsson]] (born 1984), Swedish tennis player
* [[Sofia Arvidsson]] (born 1984), Swedish tennis player
* [[Sofia Asoumanaki]], Greek rower
* [[Sofia Asoumanaki]] (born 1997), Greek rower
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* [[Sofia Bekatorou]] (born 1977), Greek sailor and Olympic gold medalist
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* [[Sofiya Bozhanova]] (born 1967), Bulgarian long and triple jump
* [[Sophia Braun]] (born 2000), Argentine footballer
* [[Sophia Braun]] (born 2000), Argentine footballer
* [[Sofía Cairó]] (born 2002), Argentine field hockey player
* [[Sofía Cairó]] (born 2002), Argentine field hockey player
* [[Sophia Diagne]] (born 1998), Senegalese swimmer
* [[Sophia Diagne]] (born 1998), Senegalese swimmer
* [[Sophia Ellis]] (born 1996), British powerlifter
* [[Sophia Ellis]] (born 1996), British powerlifter
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* [[Sofia Bekatorou]] (born 1977), Greek sailor and Olympic gold medalist
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* [[Sofiya Bozhanova]] (born 1967), Bulgarian long and triple jump
* [[Sophia Flörsch]] (born 2000), German racing driver
* [[Sophia Flörsch]] (born 2000), German racing driver
* [[Sofia Goggia]] (born 1992), Italian World Cup alpine ski racer
* [[Sofia Goggia]] (born 1992), Italian World Cup alpine ski racer
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* [[Sophia Elizabeth Herzog]] (born 1997), American swimmer
* [[Sophia Elizabeth Herzog]] (born 1997), American swimmer
* [[Sofia Huerta]] (born 1992), American professional soccer player
* [[Sofia Huerta]] (born 1992), American professional soccer player
* [[Sofia Iosifidou]], Greek water polo player
* [[Sofia Iosifidou]] (born 1981), Greek water polo player
* [[Sofia Jakobsson]] (born 1990), Swedish professional soccer player
* [[Sofia Jakobsson]] (born 1990), Swedish professional soccer player
* [[Sofia Kenin]], American tennis player
* [[Sofia Kenin]] (born 1998), American tennis player
* [[Sophia Koggouli]], Greek footballer
* [[Sophia Koggouli]] (born 1991), Greek footballer
* [[Sofia Konukh]] (born 1980), Russian water polo player
* [[Sofia Konukh]] (born 1980), Russian water polo player
* [[Sofía Luini]] (born 1992), Argentine tennis player
* [[Sofía Luini]] (born 1992), Argentine tennis player
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* [[Sofia Papadopoulou]] (born 1983), Greek sailor
* [[Sofia Papadopoulou]] (born 1983), Greek sailor
* [[Sophia Papamichalopoulou]] (born 1990), alpine skier who represented Cyprus
* [[Sophia Papamichalopoulou]] (born 1990), alpine skier who represented Cyprus
* [[Sofia Polgar]], Hungarian-born Israeli and Canadian chess grandmaster
* [[Sofia Polgar]] (born 1974), Hungarian-born Israeli and Canadian chess grandmaster
* [[Sophia Poor]] (born 2006), English association footballer
* [[Sofía Ramallo]] (born 2001), Argentine field hockey player
* [[Sofía Ramallo]] (born 2001), Argentine field hockey player
* [[Sofia Riga]], Greek runner
* [[Sofia Riga]], Greek runner
* [[Sofia Sakorafa]] (born 1957), Greek javelin thrower and politician
* [[Sofia Sakorafa]] (born 1957), Greek javelin thrower and politician
* [[Sofia Samodelkina]] (born 2007), Russian figure skater
* [[Sofia Samodurova]] (born 2002), Russian figure skater
* [[Sofía Sánchez]] (born 1989), Argentine synchronized swimmer
* [[Sofía Sánchez]] (born 1989), Argentine synchronized swimmer
* [[Sofia Thøgersen]] (born 2005), Danish runner
* [[Sofia Thøgersen]] (born 2005), Danish runner
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* [[Sofía Villarroya]] (born 1992), Argentine field hockey player
* [[Sofía Villarroya]] (born 1992), Argentine field hockey player
* [[Sophia Warner]] (born 1974), Paralympian track and field athlete from England
* [[Sophia Warner]] (born 1974), Paralympian track and field athlete from England
* [[Sofia Yfantidou]], Greek track and field athlete
* [[Sofia Yfantidou]] (born 1985), Greek track and field athlete


===Other===
===Other===
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* [[Sofia Manzano]] (born 1971), Brazilian politician
* [[Sofia Manzano]] (born 1971), Brazilian politician
* [[Sofia Merajver]] (born 1953), Argentine medical oncologist
* [[Sofia Merajver]] (born 1953), Argentine medical oncologist
* [[Sofie Merckx]] (born 1974), Belgian politician
* [[Sofia Richie]] (born 1998), American fashion model, daughter of Lionel Richie
* [[Sofia Richie]] (born 1998), American fashion model, daughter of Lionel Richie
* [[Sophie Scholl]] (1921–1943), German student and anti-Nazi political activist
* [[Sophie Scholl]] (1921–1943), German student and anti-Nazi political activist
* [[Sophia D. Stoddard]], American educator
* [[Sophia D. Stoddard]] (1820–1891), American educator
* [[Sofia Tekela-Smith]] (born 1970), New Zealand artist
* [[Sofia Tekela-Smith]] (born 1970), New Zealand artist
* [[Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier|Sophie Toscan du Plantier]] (1957–1996), French murder victim
* [[Sophia Wellbeloved]], Irish historian, artist, and teacher
* [[Sophia Wilson]] (1860–1???), Japanese courtesan and wife of Captain John Wilson
* [[Sophia Wilson]] (1860–1???), Japanese courtesan and wife of Captain John Wilson


==Fictional characters==
==Fictional characters==
*Sophia, in the 2008 Indian film ''[[Race (2008 film)|Race]]'', played by Katrina Kaif
* Sophia, in the 2008 Indian film ''[[Race (2008 film)|Race]]'', played by Katrina Kaif
*Princess Sofia, main character from the animated TV show ''[[Sofia the First]]''
* Sofia Cordova, main character from the animated TV show ''[[Sofia the First]]''
* Sophie Amundsen, main character from the novel ''[[Sophie's World]]''
* Sophie Amundsen, main character from the novel ''[[Sophie's World]]''
* [[Sofia Constantinas]], from the comic ''Wonder Woman''
* [[Sofia Constantinas]], from the comic ''Wonder Woman''

Latest revision as of 20:35, 16 October 2024

For other uses, see Sophia (disambiguation) and Sofia (disambiguation).
For the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Serbian name, see Sofija (given name).
Sophia
Genderfeminine
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Derivationfrom Greek Σοφία, Sophía
MeaningWisdom[1]
Region of originByzantine Empire
Other names
Alternative spellingSofia
Variant form(s)Sophie, Sophy
Related namesSofija, Sofiya, Sofya, Sophus
See alsoSonia
A statue of Sophia, the personification of wisdom, in the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey.
A depiction of Saint Sophia and Her Three Daughters, Faith, Hope and Charity (icon of the Novgorod school, 16th century).
Sophia Loren in 1955

Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía, "Wisdom". Other forms include Sophie, Sophy, and Sofie. The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century.[2] It is a common female name in the Eastern Orthodox countries. It became very popular in the West beginning in the later 1990s and became one of the most popularly given girls' names in the Western world in the first decades of the 21st century.

Popularity

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Sophia was known as the personification of wisdom by early Christians and Saint Sophia is also an early Christian martyr. Both associations contributed to the usage of the name. The name was comparatively common in continental Europe in the medieval and early modern period. It was popularized in Britain by the German House of Hanover in the 18th century. It was repeatedly popularised among the wider population, by the name of a character in the novel Tom Jones (1794) by Henry Fielding, in The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) by Oliver Goldsmith, and in the 1960s by Italian actress Sophia Loren (b. 1934).

Sophia was comparatively popular in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century; its use declined in the 1920s to 1950s; it became again moderately popular during the 1960s to 1980s.

During the 1990s to the 2010s, the popularity of the name rose dramatically in many countries throughout the western world. Suggested influences for this trend include Sofía Vergara and Sofia Coppola (popular from the late 1990s) and Sofia Hellqvist (popular from the 2000s).[3] Sophia and variants of the name remain among the most currently popularly given names for girls in countries across Europe as well as countries in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and others.[4]

In 2022, Sophia was the fifth most popular name given to girls in Canada, while Sofia was 13th.[5]

Name variants

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Greek Σοφία was adopted without significant phonological changes into numerous languages, as Sophia (German, and thence English) and Sofia (Romance languages, and thence also to Germanic languages and Finnish, etc.). The spelling Soffia is Icelandic and Welsh. Hungarian has Zsófia. Modern Spanish uses the acute diacritic, Sofía. South and East Slavic and Baltic languages have Sofija (Софија), Sofiya (София) and Sofya (Софья). West Slavic (Polish and Czech-Slovak) introduced a voiced sibilant, Zofia, Žofia, Žofie.

French has the (disyllabic) hypocoristic Sophie, which was also introduced in German, Dutch/Flemish, English and Scandinavian in the spelling Sofie and Sophy. A Dutch hypocoristic is Sofieke. Russian has the hypocoristic Соня (Sonya), which in the late 19th century was introduced to Western languages, in the spellings Sonya, Sonia and Sonja, via characters with this name in the novels Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1866, English translation 1885) and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1869, English translation 1886).

Turkish Safiye is from the unrelated Arabic Safiyya (صفية "pure").

Persian Sofia (Persian: صوفیا) is from unrelated Sufi, a sect of Islam.[citation needed]

People

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other versions

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Arts and entertainment industry

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Sports

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Other

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Fictional characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". etymonline.com.
  2. ^ V. Saxer, "Sophia v. Rom" in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche vol. 9 (1993), 733f., citing H.-L. Marrou, Dame Sagesse et ses trois filles: Mél. Ch. Mohrmann (1963), 177–183.
  3. ^ Olivia Petter, This is the most popular girl's name in the world, 25 October 2017. Miranda Larbi, Sofia is the most popular girl’s name in the world, Metro.co.uk, 26 October 2017. Catriona Harvey-Jenner, This is the most popular baby name for girls in the world, Cosmopolitan, 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ Sophia, Sofia (behindthename.com)
  5. ^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  6. ^ a b c d Paul Guerin, Les petits Bollandistes vies des saints (1874), p. 552
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