Sophia (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Derivation | from Greek Σοφία |
| Meaning | Wisdom |
| Region of origin | Greek |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sonia |
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Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a female name derived from σοφία, the Greek word for "Wisdom". The name was used to represent the personification of wisdom.
Popularity
Sophia has been a popular name throughout the Western world and in parts of the Islamic world. It is the most popular given name for girls in the US for 2012.[1] Sophie was the fifth most popular name for girls in Australia in 2013.[2]
Name variants
- Fia (Swedish)
- Safana (Persian)
- Sofana (Maltese)
- Sophia (English, Bulgarian, German, Flemish)
- Sophie (French)
- Sophio (Georgian)
- Sopho (Georgian)
- Sophie (English)
- Soffia (Icelandic, Welsh)
- Sofia/Sofea (Bulgarian, Romanian, Catalan, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Flemish)
- Sofía (Spanish)
- Sohvi (Finnish)
- Sofie (Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Flemish)
- Sofieke (Dutch)
- Sofiia (Ukrainian, Russian)
- Sofija (Slovene, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian)
- Zofia (Polish)
- Zsófia (Hungarian)
People
- Safiye Ali (1891–1952), Turkish physician
- Safiye Ayla (1907–1998), Turkish singer
- Saint Sophia of Rome, a martyr (d. 304 AD)
- Saint Sophia the Martyr (d. 137 AD)
- Sofia Coppola (born 1971), American actress and director
- Sofia Essaïdi (born 1984), Franco-Moroccan singer
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931), Russian-Tatar composer
- Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), Russian mathematician
- Sofia Milos (born 1969), Swiss actress
- Sofia Rotaru (born 1947), Ukrainian singer
- Sofia Samatar (born 1971), Somali-American writer
- Sofia Shinas (born 1968), Canadian artist
- Sofia Vassilieva (born 1992), American actress
- Sofía Vergara (born 1972), Colombian model and actress
- Sofija Korkutytė (1939–2000), Lithuanian rower
- Sofiko Chiaureli (1937–2008), Georgian actress
- Sophia Abrahão (born 1991), Brazilian actress
- Sophia Aggelonitis, Canadian politician
- Sophia Aliberti (born 1963), Greek actress and TV presenter
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese poet
- Sophia Baddeley (1745–1786), English actress
- Sophia Hayden Bennett (1868–1953), American architect
- Sophia Brahe (1556–1643), Danish astronomer
- Sophia Bush (born 1982), American actress
- Sophia Collier (born 1956), American entrepreneur
- Sophia Drossopoulou, Greek computer scientist
- Sophia Dussek (1775–1831), Scottish composer
- Sophia Eckerson (1880-1954), American botanist and microchemist
- Sophia Forero (born 1967), American jewelry designer
- Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871), American painter
- Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912), English physician
- Sophia Karp (1861–1904), Romanian actress
- Sophia Kokosalaki (born 1972), Greek fashion designer
- Sophia Lee (1750–1824), English novelist
- Sophia Leung (born 1933), Canadian politician
- Sophia Loren (born 1934), Italian actress
- Sophia McDougall (born 1979), British author
- Sophia Michahelles (born 1976), American puppeteer
- Sophia Myles (born 1980), English actress
- Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok (1885–1933), Russian poet
- Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (1853–1881), Russian revolutionary
- Sophia Romero, American writer
- Sophia D. Stoddard, American educator
- Sophia Vossou (born 1961), Greek singer
- Sophia Wilson (1860–?), Japanese courtesan and wife of Captain John Wilson
- Sophia Yan (born 1986), American classical pianist
- Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), Polish writer
- Zofia Nałkowska, Polish writer, the author of the Medallions
Royalty
- Countess Sophia Ignatyeva (1850–1944), Russian noble
- Infanta Sofía of Spain (born 2007), Spanish princess
- Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736–1798), Duchess of Württemberg
- Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768–1840), Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
- Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719–1765), daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
- Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773–1844), British princess
- Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777–1848), British princess
- Queen Sofía of Spain (born 1938), Queen consort of Spain
- Safiye Sultan (1550–1605), Queen consort of the Ottoman Empire, spouse of sultan Murad III
- Sofia of Bavaria Wittelsbach (1376–1425), Queen of Bohemia
- Sophia Alekseyevna (1657–1704), Russian regent
- Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666–1726), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of George I of Great Britain
- Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687–1757), Queen consort of Prussia, daughter of George I of Great Britain
- Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636–1689), German noblewoman
- Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758–1794), Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700–1770), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway
- Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714), heir to the English throne
- Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913), Queen consort of Sweden and Norway
- Sophia of Prussia (1870–1932), Queen consort of Greece
- Sophia Palaiologina (1455–1503), Grand Duchess of Moscow
- Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley (1796–1837), daughter of William IV
- Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (born 1984), wife of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
Music
Sports
- Sofia Arvidsson (born 1984), Swedish tennis player
- Sofia Bekatorou (born 1977), Greek sailor
- Sofia Konukh (born 1980), Russian water polo player
- Sofía Mulanovich (born 1983), Peruvian surfer
- Sofia Muratova (born 1929–2006), Russian gymnast
- Sofia Papadopoulou (born 1983), Greek sailor
- Sofia Polgar, Hungarian-born Israeli and Canadian chess grandmaster
- Sofia Sakorafa (born 1957), Greek javelin thrower
- Sofiya Bozhanova (born 1967), Bulgarian long and triple jump
- Sofiya Burkhanova (born 1989), Uzbekistani shot putter
Fictional characters
- Princess Sofia, from the Disney Junior television series Sofia the First
- Sophie Amundsen, main character from the novel Sophie's World
- Sofia Constantinas, from the comic Wonder Woman
- Sofia Curtis, from the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Sofia Johnson, from film "The Color Purple"
- Sofia Dupre, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Sofia Espinosa, supportive character in the fantasy book series Rey de Noches
- Sofia Lamb, from the video game BioShock 2
- Sofia Petrovna, a character from the novel of the same name
- Sofia Sartor from the video game Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Sofia Serrano from the film Vanilla Sky
- Sofia Robbins Sloan Torres, a character from Grey's Anatomy
- Sophia, playable character from Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
- Sophia Esteed, from the video game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Sophia Forrester, from the animated TV series Last Exile
- Sophia Hapgood, from the video game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Sophia Lopez, from the TV series Nip/Tuck
- Sophia Peletier, from the TV series and comic books The Walking Dead
- Sophia Petrillo, from the TV series The Golden Girls
- Sophia Tutu, a character from the animated TV series The Raccoons
- Sophia Western, main heroine of the novel The History of Tom Jones
- Sophie, from the video game Tales of Graces
- Sophie Neveu Saint-Clair, character in Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code
- Sophie Zawistowska, the title character of the novel and movie Sophie's Choice
See also
References
- ^ The United States Social Security Administration (SSA)
- ^ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.