[Opinions] Sophia?
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It's catching on more where I live (FL) just recently. In the NICU where I work, we've recently had 2 Sophies, a Sophia, a Sofia, and one of the nurses is due soon and is naming her daughter Sophia. It's a gorgeous name, but getting up there with Anna and Isabella in my book--beautiful and classic but OVERKILL.
Yes, it is a very popular name. I personally know 4 little ones named Sophia (some nn'ed Sophie.)
However, popularity is not a turn-off for me. If you've loved a name for so long, I think it would actually be more difficult not to name the child that! You'll be at the playground and see a lot of Sophias, but everytime they are called, you'll adore that name all over again.
I loved the name Haley since I was a child. Despite the popularity of the name, I used it because I adored it.
However, popularity is not a turn-off for me. If you've loved a name for so long, I think it would actually be more difficult not to name the child that! You'll be at the playground and see a lot of Sophias, but everytime they are called, you'll adore that name all over again.
I loved the name Haley since I was a child. Despite the popularity of the name, I used it because I adored it.
I was just at the Whole Foods the other day and some mother was cooing to her toddler Sophia about organic cereal. In my area, its a name I see a lot in birth announcements, although I don't yet personally know a Sophia.
DH is really pushing the name, but I'm holding out for the popularity reason, as well.
DH is really pushing the name, but I'm holding out for the popularity reason, as well.
Sure it can be used. I don't know why popularity is such a big issue when you love a name. If you really love it, I would use it.
It is popular here in Australia, but for a good reason. It's a beautiful name :)
It is popular here in Australia, but for a good reason. It's a beautiful name :)
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This message was edited 12/2/2004, 2:47 AM
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This message was edited 12/2/2004, 2:48 AM
Is Sopfie a real spelling? Looks like SOPP-fee. Ack.
No, that's me making a mistake
I know two Sophie(s) and one Zsofia. I quite like it though I wouldn't use it, I've got too many others I like. I think it can be used.
The fact that it's so popular would usually turn me off this name but I've always loved it.
Well where I live ( Kent England ) Sophia isnt that common, its Sophie that I hear all the time
If you like a name and your husband likes it ( A rare event :0 ) dont put it to one side just because it seems popular
Two things to think on,
1)I called my children Catherine and James two supposedly very common names however I know of no other children in their age group ( under 7 ) with these names.
2)My freind Julie grew up as Julie G and she swore she would find a unusual pretty name if ever she had a daughter, this was about seventeen years ago and she chose the name Chloe, a name which half her family didnt even know how to spell and which her mother in law said was old fashioned, that year shortly after little Chloe was born the name seemed to explode in popularity
I personally know of fourteen Chloe's aged between one year and sixteen years Julie's daughter ended up as Chloe D with Chloe B in her year and Three Chloes in the year below her in primary school :)
What I am trying to say in a rather long winded way is that you can never tell which names are going to be popular in the area you live in so just use the names you truely love be they Sophia, Freya, Sammie Jo or Phred :)
If you like a name and your husband likes it ( A rare event :0 ) dont put it to one side just because it seems popular
Two things to think on,
1)I called my children Catherine and James two supposedly very common names however I know of no other children in their age group ( under 7 ) with these names.
2)My freind Julie grew up as Julie G and she swore she would find a unusual pretty name if ever she had a daughter, this was about seventeen years ago and she chose the name Chloe, a name which half her family didnt even know how to spell and which her mother in law said was old fashioned, that year shortly after little Chloe was born the name seemed to explode in popularity
I personally know of fourteen Chloe's aged between one year and sixteen years Julie's daughter ended up as Chloe D with Chloe B in her year and Three Chloes in the year below her in primary school :)
What I am trying to say in a rather long winded way is that you can never tell which names are going to be popular in the area you live in so just use the names you truely love be they Sophia, Freya, Sammie Jo or Phred :)
Thank you so much! My cousin Jessica just named her baby Hannah despite the fact that it's supposedly very popular. I met the first Hannah under 16 that I've ever met at a children's charity event that I danced at last weekend. Some people complained to my cousin that Hannah would hate her name growing up, but she and her husband both liked the name so they used it. Practically everyone my age growing up was Ashley or Jessica, but some of them genuinely liked their names despite being called Ashley E. or Jessica H. I haven't personally met a young Sophia so it's still at the top of my list. Anyways, thanks again!
Thank you :-)
Thank you :-)
Thank you :-)
This message was edited 11/30/2004, 4:21 PM
I love it, and I figure half the Sophias go by Sophie so that should cut the popularity in half.