What Does The Name Sophia Mean?

The name, Sophia, is derived from the Greeks. It means "Wisdom" in Greek. It is spoken as so-Fee-a. It is a female name. It was the name of a Greek saint who died due to the grief, after his daughters were martyred. It has been used from the 17th century in the English speaking countries such as the United States of America, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and many other European countries as well.

There are many actresses whose first name was Sophia such as Sophia Loren, Sophie Dahl and many more. The name Sophia has many variant forms such as Saffi, Sofia, Sofie, Soficita, Sofka, Sofy, Sofya, Sonia, Sonnie, Zofi, Zofya, Sophie, Sophy and many more. According to Gnostic Christians, Sophia is also a name of a Gnostic Goddess believed as the Holy Spirit of the Trinity.

The word 'Sophia' is used to name a female child and the meaning that the use of the word conveys is that of 'wisdom'. The word can trace its origin in the Greek language and the name is probably attributed to a mythical saint who died when her daughters were martyred.

The word is one of the most popular names the world over and seldom is it is used as a surname and mostly used by the people as their first name. Earlier the word was quite famous all over Europe and wherever the European settlers went the name also travelled with them. Its uses can be found in English, German, Italian and Ancient Greek also.

When it comes to the pronunciation of the word the only thing that is important is that you should put stress on the second syllabi.

Sophia means wisdom

Sophia means wisdom from Greek.

The meaning of the name Sophia is Wisdom
The origin of the name Sophia is Greek

Yo its a name that you should be thankful to have!  and it mean powerful wisdom!

My name is Sophia and it means divine wisdom. If your name is sophia, you shouldn't change it to something els or Sophie, sophia is just as cute

It means knowledge as well

She is a nice person that is my sister that cares about you and means wisdom of greek!:):)

I was given and named by my great aunt.