Sohvi
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Variant form of Sophie and/or Sofia.
Proper noun edit
Sohvi (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a female given name
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Vernacular form of Sofia.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sohvi
- a female given name
- 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 Sohvi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Sohvi | Sohvit | ||
genitive | Sohvin | Sohvien | ||
partitive | Sohvia | Sohveja | ||
illative | Sohviin | Sohveihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Sohvi | Sohvit | ||
accusative | nom. | Sohvi | Sohvit | |
gen. | Sohvin | |||
genitive | Sohvin | Sohvien | ||
partitive | Sohvia | Sohveja | ||
inessive | Sohvissa | Sohveissa | ||
elative | Sohvista | Sohveista | ||
illative | Sohviin | Sohveihin | ||
adessive | Sohvilla | Sohveilla | ||
ablative | Sohvilta | Sohveilta | ||
allative | Sohville | Sohveille | ||
essive | Sohvina | Sohveina | ||
translative | Sohviksi | Sohveiksi | ||
abessive | Sohvitta | Sohveitta | ||
instructive | — | Sohvein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Sohvi is the 477th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 778 female individuals (and as a middle name to 382 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.