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Sofja

Sofja is a feminine given name from Russian. It is used in Ingrian.

Original RussianСофья

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sofja comes from Russian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Russian Софья.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sofja’s family of names

In Ingrian usage, Sofja has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sophia. In Belarusian usage, Sofja has a related form in Соф'я. In Ingrian usage, Sofja was borrowed from the Russian form Софья.

Walk Sofja’s family in the name graph

SofjaСоф'яSophiaСофья索菲婭

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Sofja has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

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Russianwhere Sofja comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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