Given name
Sofus
“having great wisdom”
Sofus is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Danish usage, Sofus is a masculine form of Sophia.
The story
In Danish use, Sofus is a masculine form of Sophia. The history of Sophia gives this family its wider story. Sophia became popular in England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Sophia also has literary and screen associations, including the heroine of Tom Jones and the actress Sophia Loren.
Explained through its name family
Sofus’s family of names
In Danish usage, Sofus is a masculine form of Sophia. In Danish usage, Sofus has a related form in Sophus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sofus
- Sofus ArctanderNorwegian politician (1845–1924)
- Sofus BergerDanish footballer (born 2003)
- Sofus Høgsbro(1822–1902)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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