[Opinions] Sophia or Sofia?
Which do you prefer?
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Sophia.
Sophia, regardless of pronunciation, though I prefer it with the long "i".
I like both. I switch them out interchangeably depending on the combo.
Sophia.
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I love Sophia with an eye sound too. Is it a common pronounciation where you live? I live in England and I have never heard it said this way outside of costume dramas. Otherwise I would use it in a second.
My great great grandmother was Sophia, pronounced with a long "i" as in "eye". She was British and emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900's. I, of course, never knew her and wondered about the pronunciation when told about her by my grandmother, who never knew her either, but did know Sophia's daughter (my great grandmother who, unfortunately, I never knew either as she died before I was born). Through doing family research, I was able to find and speak with an elderly distant relative who, as a young girl, did know Sophia, and had traveled west with her by train, and she assured me that Sophia was indeed called so-FIE-uh, never so-FEE-uh.
Aside from costume dramas, as you mentioned, the only other Sophia I've ever heard pronounced with the long "i" is contemporary actress Sophia Myles, also British.
Aside from costume dramas, as you mentioned, the only other Sophia I've ever heard pronounced with the long "i" is contemporary actress Sophia Myles, also British.
It depends on what language it's used in. English tends to use the eye, but Afrikaans always has the ee, but a little shorter.
I should think you could still use it, and just impose your will on the public! I once met a couple from England who'd just had their first baby and named her Fiona ... but they pronounced that with an eye, and were really insistent. To my mind it wrecked a good name, but they obviously thought the rest of the regiment was out of step.
I should think you could still use it, and just impose your will on the public! I once met a couple from England who'd just had their first baby and named her Fiona ... but they pronounced that with an eye, and were really insistent. To my mind it wrecked a good name, but they obviously thought the rest of the regiment was out of step.
Sophia. Ph's are just classy.
Sophia, by far. I have never liked Sofia- I just feel like the ph is classier, for some reason.
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Sofia
I seem to be one of the few people who prefers the sof- spelling to the soph- spelling, so I have to vote Sofia.
I seem to be one of the few people who prefers the sof- spelling to the soph- spelling, so I have to vote Sofia.
I like Sofia, but I have a thing for spelling names using as few letters as possible. Also, I'm not a big fan of "ph" in anything.