Sofia

See also: SOFIA, Sofía, and Sófia

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsəʊfi.ə/, /sɒˈfiːə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊfiə

Etymology 1

Bulgarian София (Sofija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. The capital city of Bulgaria.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

A less common spelling, borrowed from continental Europe, of the given name Sophia.

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. A female given name.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sofia f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
  2. Sofia (capital city of Bulgaria)

Danish

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. Sofia (city)
  2. A female given name,cognate to Sophia, variant of Sofie.

Estonian

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. Sofia (city)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsofiɑ/
  • Hyphenation: So‧fi‧a

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. Sofia (city)
  2. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
    • 1959 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 (WSOY 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.
    • 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.

Declension

Inflection of Sofia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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
instructive — Sofioin
abessive Sofiatta Sofioitta
comitative — Sofioineen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ.fja/

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. Sofia (city)

German

Proper noun

Sofia f (genitive Sofia or Sofias)

  1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Sophia.

Proper noun

Sofia n (genitive Sofias)

  1. Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)

Italian

Etymology 1

See Sophia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈfia/

Proper noun

Sofia (f)

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Etymology 2

Bulgarian София (Sofija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔfja/

Proper noun

Sofia (f)

  1. Sofia (city)

Anagrams

Norwegian

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. A female given name, cognate to Sophia, variant of Sofie.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.

Proper noun

Sofia

  1. Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɔfja/
  • audio(file)

Proper noun

Sofia f

  1. Sofia (city)

Declension

Derived terms

  • sofijczyk
  • sofijski

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sofia f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
  2. Alternative form of Sófia

Swedish

Etymology

Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1380 as Sophia.

Proper noun

Sofia c (genitive Sofias)

  1. Sofia (city)
  2. A female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • 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.
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