Sofija (given name)

Sofija

Gender	female
Languages	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

1. "Poreklo i značenje imena Sofija".
2. "NADIMCI KOD BRAĆE GRKA - ZA MNOGE STE MISLILI DA SU IMENA". Grčki kutak. November 22, 2016.
3. "Značenje imena Sofijana". www.znacenje-imena.com.
4. "Uz ova imena dostojna princeza dijete neće trebati nadimak". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
5. Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 57.
6. "Značenje imena Sofija". www.znacenje-imena.com.