Sophia (first name)

Sophia ( Greek Σοφία "wisdom") is a female given name . Originally it referred to virtue or divine wisdom , later various saints bore this name.

Name frequency

The name variant Sophia / Sophie has been used very often since 1995. Since 1997, the name has consistently been found in the five most frequently given female first names in Germany, and is very popular.

Saints and their memorial days

• Sophia of Milan is commemorated on August 1st and September 17th .
• Sophia von Minden is commemorated on September 3rd .
• Sophia of Rome is commemorated on May 15th ; this is also the last day of the ice saints ("cold Sophie").
• Sophie Barat is commemorated on May 25th .

variants

• Bulgarian : София (Sofíja); Capital of Bulgaria София (Sófija)
• German : Sophia, Sofia, Sophie, Sofie
• Danish : Sofie
• English : Sophia, Sophie, Sophy
• French : Sophie (also German and English)
• Georgian : სოფია (Sopia), სოფო (Sopo)
• Greek : Σοφία (Sophia, Sofia)
• Italian : Sofia
• Latvian : Sofija
• Dutch , Low German : Sofie, Sofi
• Upper Sorbian : Sofija
• Polish : Zofia
• Russian : Софья (Sofja), София (Sofija); Pet form: Соня ( Sonja )
• Serbian : Софија (Sofija)
• Slovak : Žofia
• Spanish : Sofía
• Czech : Žofie
• Turkish : Sofya
• Ukrainian : Софія
• Hungarian : Zsófia
• Belarusian : Сафія

Well-known namesake

Nobles

• Aelia Sophia (530–601), wife of the Eastern Roman emperor Justin II.
• Sophia (Gandersheim) (975-1039), daughter of Otto II and Theophanu, was the abbess of the women's monasteries in Gandersheim and Essen
• Sophia of Hungary (around 1050-1095), daughter of King Béla I.
• Sophia von Formbach (around 1050/55 - after 1088), German Queen and Countess von Salm
• Sophia of Minsk (around 1140–1198), Queen of Denmark
• Sophia von Raabs († 1218), last descendant of the Frankish noble family von Raabs and wife of Friedrich III. from Zollern
• Sophie von Weichselburg († 1256), Margravine of Istria-Carniola
• Sofia of Lithuania (1371–1453) Grand Duchess of Moscow
• Sofia Jagiellonka (1464–1512), by marrying Friedrich II. Margravine of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Brandenburg-Ansbach
• Sophie von Mecklenburg (1481–1503) , Electress of Saxony
• Sophie von Mecklenburg (1508–1541) , Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• Sophie von Mecklenburg (1557–1631) , Queen of Denmark and Norway
• Sophie von Mecklenburg (1662–1738) , Duchess of Württemberg-Oels
• Sophia Adriana de Bruijn (1816–1890), Dutch art collector and museum founder
• Sophie Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
• Sophie Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg , Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
• Sophie Friederike von Mecklenburg , Hereditary Princess of Denmark and Norway
• Sophie von Hessen-Kassel (1615–1670), Princess of Hessen-Kassel and, by marriage, Countess zu Schaumburg-Lippe
• Sophie von Brandenburg (1568–1622) , daughter of Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg and wife of Elector Christian I of Saxony
• Sophie Amalie von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1628–1685), Queen of Denmark and Norway
• Sophie von der Pfalz (Sophie von Hannover) (1630–1714) Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Electress of Hanover and Hereditary Princess of Great Britain
• Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636–1689), wife of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg
• Sofia Alexejewna (1657–1704), regent of Russia
• Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1666–1726), electoral princess of Hanover and from 1714 de jure Queen of England
• Dorothea Sophie von der Pfalz (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma
• Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg (1683–1767), by marriage Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön and Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
• Sophie Dorothea of ​​Hanover (1687–1757), queen in Prussia
• Sophie Dorothea Marie of Prussia (1719–1765), sister of Frederick the Great
• Sophie Dorothee von Württemberg (1759-1828), as wife of Tsar Paul from 1796 to 1801 Tsarina Maria Feodorowna of Russia.
• Sophie Friederike von Bayern (1805–1872), Princess of Bavaria and Archduchess of Austria
• Sophie von Oranien-Nassau (1824–1897), Princess of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Sophie of Saxony (1845–1867) (1845–1867), Princess of Saxony
• Sophie in Bavaria (1847–1897), Princess of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria and later Duchess of Alençon-Orleans
• Sophie Friederike von Österreich (1855–1857), Archduchess of Austria (first child of Emperor Franz Josef I and Elisabeth of Austria)
• Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa (1868–1914), wife of the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este
• Sophie Charlotte von Oldenburg (1879–1964), eldest daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich August II of Oldenburg
• Sophia of Greece (* 1938), Queen of Spain
• Sophie, Countess of Wessex (Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones) (* 1965), Countess of Wessex, wife of Prince Edward of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Sofía de Borbón y Ortiz (Infanta Sofia of Spain) (* 2007), daughter of Prince Felipe of Spain and Princess Letizia of Spain
• Sophie von Württemberg (1343–1369) , Duchess of Lorraine, wife of Johann I (Lorraine)
• Sophie von Württemberg (1563–1590) , by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Weimar
• Sophie von Württemberg (1818–1877) , wife of Wilhelm III, Queen of the Netherlands

Actresses

• Sophia Loren (* 1934), Italian actress
• Sophie Rois (* 1961), Austrian theater and film actress, singer
• Sophie Marceau (born 1966), French actress
• Sofie Gråbøl (* 1968), Danish actress
• Sophie von Kessel (* 1968), German actress
• Sophie Okonedo (* 1968), British actress
• Sophie Schütt (* 1974), German actress
• Elsa Sophie Gambard (* 1980), German actress
• Sophie Wepper (* 1981), German actress
• Sophia Bush (* 1982), American actress
• Sophia Thomalla (* 1989), German television actress
• Sophie Oda (* 1991), Japanese-American actress
• AnnaSophia Robb (* 1993), American actress
• Anna-Sophia Claus (* 1994), German actress
• Sophie Turner (* 1996), British actress
• Sophia Münster (* 1998), young German actress
• Sophie Lowe (* 1990), Australian actress
• Sofia Bryant (* 1999), American-Finnish actress
• Sophie Nélisse (* 2000), Canadian actress
• Louise Sophie Arnold (* 2001), German actress

Musicians

• Sophie Wolf (singer) (1880–1938), German opera singer
• Sofia Asgatowna Gubaidulina (* 1931), Russian composer
• Sophie (singer) (1944–2012), singer, participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 for Monaco
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (* 1963), German violinist
• Sophie B. Hawkins (* 1964), American singer and songwriter
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor (* 1979), British singer

• Sofia Falkovitch (* 1980), German cantor (mezzo-soprano)

• Sophie Bevan (born 1983), British opera singer (soprano)

• Sophie Hunger (* 1983), Swiss singer and composer
• Senta-Sofia Delliponti (* 1990), German singer
• Sofia Karlsson (* 1975), Swedish singer and composer

Other

• Sophie of Istria († 1132), ad H. Weimar-Orlamünde, Countess of Andechs
• Sophie Brahe (1559–1643), Danish astronomer
• Charlotte Sophie Bentinck (1715-1800)
• Sophie Piper (1757–1816), sister of Axel von Fersen the Younger.
• Sophie Mereau (1770–1806), German writer
• Sophie Tieck (Sophie Bernhardi, Sophie von Knorring) (1775–1833), German poet and romantic writer
• Sophie Germain (1776–1831), French mathematician
• Sophie von Kühn (1782–1797), fiancee of Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis)
• Sophie von Hatzfeldt (1805–1881), founder of the Lassalle General German Workers' Association
• Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), Swiss artist, painter and sculptor
• Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers (1891–1978), German art historian, supporter of the avant-garde, author and art collector
• Sofia Polcanova (* 1994), Austrian table tennis player
• Sophia Poznanska (1906–1942), Polish-Jewish Resistance fighter
• Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), German resistance fighter during the National Socialist era
• Sophie Freud (Löwenstein-Freud, Loewenstein-Freud) (* 1924), Austrian-American psychologist, social scientist, granddaughter of Sigmund Freud
• Sofia Coppola (* 1971), American director
• Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand (* 1972), Andorran ski mountaineer
• Sophia Santi (* 1981), Canadian porn actress
• Sophie Milliet (* 1983), French chess player
• Sofia Lövgren (* 1990), Swedish poker player
• Sophie Fasold (* 1994), American handball player

Fictional people

• Miss Sophie from the New Year's sketch " Dinner for One " (1963)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.gfds.de/vornamen/beliebeneste-vornamen/
2. ↑ http://www.bild.de/ratgeber/kind-familie/name/beliebeester-maedchenname-43369226.bild.html