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Софија
“wisdom”
Софија (Sòfija) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “wisdom.” It is used in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian.
Macedonian and Serbian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Sophia.
Meaning & origin
Софија’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Софија has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sophia. In Macedonian usage, Софија can be written in the Roman alphabet as SOFIJA. In Macedonian usage, Софија has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form София.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Софија has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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