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

Declension of Sofija

	singular
nominative	Sofija
genitive	Sofije
dative	Sofiji
accusative	Sofiju
vocative	Sofijo / Sofija
locative	Sofiji
instrumental	Sofijom

Further reading

• “Sofija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024