Sofia
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊfiə/, /ˈsoʊfijə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊfi.ə/, /sɒˈfiːə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -əʊfiə
Etymology 1 edit
Variant spelling of Sophia and from various other languages' own adaptions of Ancient Greek Σοφία (Sophía, “wisdom, especially divine wisdom”). Sometimes borrowed into English as an anglicization of an accented or closely related form, as with Spanish Sofía, Welsh Soffia, and Hungarian Zsófia.
As the capital of Bulgaria, via nonstandard romanization of Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófiya), from църква „Света София“ (cǎrkva "Sveta Sofija"), from Byzantine Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, first attested being used as the name for the city in the 14th century and reinforced under Ottoman rule as Ottoman Turkish صوفيه (Sofya).
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- Alternative spelling of Sophia, a female given name.
- The capital city of Bulgaria.
Alternative forms edit
- (Bulgarian capital): Sofya (historical)
Synonyms edit
- (Bulgarian capital): Serdica, Serdonpolis, Triaditza, Sredets (historical)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From Malagasy Sofia of uncertain origin. The region is named for the river.
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- A river in northwestern Madagascar
- A region of Madagascar around the river.
References edit
- James Sibree Jr., "Malagasy Place-Names", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, New Ser., Vol. XV, No. 3 (July 1883), p. 193.
Afrikaans edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Derived terms edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia
Estonian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía). The sense "Sofia (Bulgaria)" is through Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
- 1959, Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1, WSOY, published 1965, page 181:
- Kehdossa makasi juuri äskettäin pappilassa kasteella ollut tyttö, jonka nimenkin rouva muisti: Elma. Se oli hänen antamansa nimi. Vanhemmat olivat tahtoneet Sofiaa, mutta rouva oli saanut kuin saanutkin tytölle suomalaisperäisen nimen. Tosin vain siksi ettei Anttoo pitänyt asiaa millään tavoin tärkeänä.
- There was a girl just christened still lying out in the cradle, and the old lady hadn't forgotten her name: Elma, the name she had picked. The parents would've liked a Sofia, but in the end a Finnish name was picked, although just because Anttoo didn't think the matter was of any importance.
- 1990, Riitta Vartti, Sun lapsuutes, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 407:
- —Äiti, minkäs takia mummun nimi on Adalmina ja Sohvi-tätin nimi on Sofia, vaikkei ne oo mitää ruotsinkielisiä?
—No, ohan meiän vanha sukunimiki S-t-rantperk, vaikkei sitä osaa kukaa ees lausuu oikei. Ennen vanhaa ihmisille pantii sellasia nimiä. Meiän setähä se suomens nimesä ja se on Rantakallio nytte.- —Mom, why is grandma named Adalmina and auntie Sohvi named Sofia, even though they don't speak Swedish?
—Well, our old surname's S-t-rantperk too, but nobody can even pronounce that right. People used to give names like that back then. Our uncle got his translated into Finnish and is now a Rantakallio.
- —Mom, why is grandma named Adalmina and auntie Sohvi named Sofia, even though they don't speak Swedish?
Declension edit
Inflection of Sofia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Sofia | Sofiat | ||
genitive | Sofian | Sofioiden Sofioitten | ||
partitive | Sofiaa | Sofioita | ||
illative | Sofiaan | Sofioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Sofia | Sofiat | ||
accusative | nom. | Sofia | Sofiat | |
gen. | Sofian | |||
genitive | Sofian | Sofioiden Sofioitten Sofiainrare | ||
partitive | Sofiaa | Sofioita | ||
inessive | Sofiassa | Sofioissa | ||
elative | Sofiasta | Sofioista | ||
illative | Sofiaan | Sofioihin | ||
adessive | Sofialla | Sofioilla | ||
ablative | Sofialta | Sofioilta | ||
allative | Sofialle | Sofioille | ||
essive | Sofiana | Sofioina | ||
translative | Sofiaksi | Sofioiksi | ||
abessive | Sofiatta | Sofioitta | ||
instructive | — | Sofioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms edit
Statistics edit
- Sofia is the 57th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 11,893 female individuals (and as a middle name to 51,221 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 6 male individuals (and as a middle name to 12 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia f (proper noun, genitive Sofias or Sofia, plural Sofias)
- a female given name, a less common variant of Sophia
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).
Proper noun edit
Sofia n (proper noun, genitive Sofias or (optionally with an article) Sofia)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Declension edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
See Sophia.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Bulgarian София (Sofija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia
- a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Sofia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: So‧fi‧a
Proper noun edit
Sofia f (plural Sofias)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia f (genitive singular Sofie, declension pattern of ulica)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
References edit
- “Sofia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1380 as Sophia.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sofia c (genitive Sofias)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
Related terms edit
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 88 488 females with the given name Sofia living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.