Sofia

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Sophia

Related Names

See Sophia

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Sofiuson

Female

Sofiudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Sofia
Genitive:	Sofias

- Finnish
Nominative:	Sofia
Genitive:	Sofian
Partitive:	Sofiaa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Sofia
Accusative:	Sofiu
Dative:	Sofiu
Genitive:	Sofiu

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Sofia
Genitive:	Sofias

- Swedish
Nominative:	Sofia
Genitive:	Sofias

Name Days

Finland

15 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

15 May

Sweden

15 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: 17th century
• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 21 September 2020

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1885-1909
  • and 2000-
• Denmark:
  • early 20th century
  • late 20th century
• Finland:
  • -1919
  • 1980-
• Norway:
  • early 20th century
  • 2000-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Sønderjylland (2018)
• Sweden:
  • Dalsland (19th century) see map
  • Södermanland (19th century) see map
  • Norrbotten (19th century) see map
  • Uppland (19th century) see map
  • Lappland (19th century) see map
  • Västmanland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Sofia Lovisa Gumaelius (8 December 1840 – 23 January 1915), Swedish businessperson
• Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin (born 25 April 1972), Swedish actress
• Sofia Kristina Bernadotte (née Hellqvist, born 6 December 1984), Princessa av Sverige, Hertiginna av Värmland (Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland)

Trivia

• Sofia is an IKEA product name (fabric)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		31238	93772	31234	93758	4	14
Finland		n.a.	97786	n.a.	97772	n.a.	14
Denmark		5998	n.a.	5998	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		34	85	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		14	48	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		n.a.	n.a.	3802	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Sofia (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.