Sofya
/ˈsɒf.jə/noun
A feminine given name, commonly used as a transliteration of Russian Софья or a variant of Sophia.
Did you know?Hagia Sophia literally means “Holy Wisdom,” personifying divine wisdom rather than honoring a woman named Sophia.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
σοφία (sophía)
“Wisdom, skill, or knowledge”
Classical Greek
Greek
σοφός (sophós)
“Wise, skilled, or learned”
Late Antiquity
Greek
Sophía
“Wisdom, increasingly used in Christian theology as divine wisdom”
Late Latin
Latin
Sophia
“Wisdom; also a Christian theological name”
Medieval Slavic
Old Church Slavonic
Софїꙗ (Sofija)
“Sophia, the personal name derived from Greek”
Modern Russian
Russian
Софья (Sof’ya)
“A feminine given name and a variant of Sofiya”
Modern English
English
Sofya
“A transliterated feminine given name”
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