Wednesday, July 4, 2007

The meaning and origins of Sophia

Sophia
Greek
Female
Form of SOPHIE.Wisdom
Meaning & Origin
Sophia is a Greek girl name.
The meaning of the name is `Wise`.
Where is it used?
The name Sophia is mainly used in English,
Greek, German and in Italian.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Sofija (In Serbian and in Croatian)
Sonje (In Scandinavian)
Sofiya (In Russian)
Zofia (In Polish)
Sofia (In Norwegian, Swedish, Italian and in Greek)
Tzofiya (In Jewish)
Zsófia (In Hungarian)
Sonja (In German)
Sophie (In French, English and in German)
Sonia (In English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and in Romanian
The name Sophia was given to 9665 babies in the USA in 2004. Sophia was the number 63 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 10748 babies making it the number 15 name that year.
-www.talkingbabies.com

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