Sofija

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1508. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, wisdom).

Proper noun

Sofija f

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
  2. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sophia

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Sofija was the only given name of 3010 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Sofija f

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǒfija/
  • Hyphenation: So‧fi‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Proper noun

Sòfija f (Cyrillic spelling Со̀фија)

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Declension

Further reading

  • Sofija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ̀ːfija/

Proper noun

Sófija f

  1. Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Sófija
genitive Sófije
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Sófija
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Sófije
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Sófiji
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Sófijo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Sófiji
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Sófijo

References

  • Sofija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • Sofija”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references