Given name
Sofía
“wisdom”
Sofía is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “wisdom.” It is used in Spanish, Faroese, and Galician.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Sofía developed from Σοφία.
Sofía’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Sofía has a diminutive in Sofi. In Spanish usage, Sofía developed from the Ancient Greek form Σοφία. In Spanish usage, Sofía has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sophia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sofía has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Sofía comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- SophiaEnglish, German
- Sophieequivalent
- SofieCzech
- Zofiaequivalent
- Sofyaequivalent
- Sofiiaequivalent
- Zsófiaequivalent
- Soffíaequivalent
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People named Sofía
- Sofía VergaraColombian-American actress and model (born 1972)
- Infanta Sofía of Spainyounger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letiziaborn 2007
- Sofía ÍmberVenezuelan journalist and cultural activist (1924–2017)
- Sofía ToroSpanish sailorborn 1990
- Sofía OteroSpanish actress (born 2026)born 2013
- Sofía MaccariOlympic field hockey playerborn 1984
- Sofía CasanovaSpanish journalist, novelist and poet (1861-1958)
- Sofía GalaArgentine actressborn 1987
- Sofía Hernández SalazarCosta Rica human rights activist, focused on gender equality, climate justice and youthborn 1998
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