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| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Language | Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Wisdom |
| Region of origin | Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Cyrillic: Софија |
| Nickname | Serbian: Sofi[1][2] (Софи) |
| Related names | Serbian: Sofijana[3] (Софијана) |
| See also | Sophia |
Sofija (Cyrillic: Софија) is feminine given name found in South Slavic and East Baltic languages.
It is a cognate of the Greek name Sophia meaning 'Wisdom'.[4][5][6]
Notable people bearing the name Sofija include:
- Sofija Jovanović (1895–1979), Serbian war hero
- Sofija Korkutytė (1939–2000), Lithuanian rower
- Sofija Milošević (born 1991), Serbian model
- Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), Lithuanian writer
- Sofija Skoric (born 1937–2022), Serbian-Canadian writer, editor, translator, publisher and activist
- Sofija Smetonienė (1885–1968), former First Lady of Lithuania
- Sofija Veiverytė (1926–2009), Lithuanian painter
- Sofija Naletilić (1913–1994), Croatian naïve sculptor from Herzegovina
- Sofija Novoselić (born 1990), Croatian alpine skier
- Sofija Garanča (born 2004), Latvian footballer
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Sofija
- All pages with titles containing Sofija
- Sofiya (given name)
References
- ^ "Poreklo i značenje imena Sofija".
- ^ "NADIMCI KOD BRAĆE GRKA - ZA MNOGE STE MISLILI DA SU IMENA". Grčki kutak. November 22, 2016.
- ^ "Značenje imena Sofijana". www.znacenje-imena.com.
- ^ "Uz ova imena dostojna princeza dijete neće trebati nadimak". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ^ Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 57.
- ^ "Značenje imena Sofija". www.znacenje-imena.com.
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