Meaning, origin and history of the name Sofiya

Gender Feminine

Scripts Софія (Ukrainian)

Pronounced Pron. /sɐ.ˈfji.jə/ (Russian) /so.ˈfji.jɐ/ (Ukrainian) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Sophia.

VariantsSofia, Sofya (Russian) Sofia, Sofiia (Ukrainian) Sofia (Bulgarian)

DiminutiveSonya (Russian)

Other Languages & CulturesSophia (Ancient Greek) Sofi, Sofya (Armenian) Sofia, Sònia (Catalan) Sofija, Sonja (Croatian) Sofie, Žofie, Soňa (Czech) Sofia, Sofie, Sonja, Vivi (Danish) Sofia, Sophia, Sophie, Fieke, Sofie, Sonja, Soof (Dutch) Sophia, Sophie, Sofia, Sonia, Sonya, Sophy (English) Sofia, Viivi (Estonian) Sofia, Sohvi, Sonja, Viivi (Finnish) Sophie (French) Sofía (Galician) Sopia, Sopio (Georgian) Sofia, Sophia, Sophie, Sofie, Sonja, Sonje (German) Sofia, Sophia (Greek) Szofi, Zsófia, Szófia, Szonja, Zsófika, Zsóka (Hungarian) Soffía, Sonja (Icelandic) Sofia, Sonia (Italian) Sofija (Latvian) Zofija, Sofija (Lithuanian) Sofija, Sonja (Macedonian) Sofia, Sofie, Sonja, Vivi (Norwegian) Zofia, Sonia, Zosia (Polish) Sofia, Sonia (Portuguese) Sofia, Sonia (Romanian) Sofija, Sonja (Serbian) Sofia, Žofia, Soňa (Slovak) Sofija, Zofija, Sonja (Slovene) Sofía, Sofi, Sonia (Spanish) Sofia, Sofie, Sofi, Sonja, Vivi (Swedish)

User SubmissionsSo'fiya, Sofiýa, Sofiya

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