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Sofia
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Usage
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic spelling of Sophia [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
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
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15 May |
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15 May |
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15 May |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Denmark: Sønderjylland (2018) [9]
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
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[11] |
  |
30226 | 91853 | 5 | 8 |
| Denmark[9] |
 |
5022 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Norway[12] |
 |
3153 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Iceland[13] |
 |
24 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland[8] |
 |
n.a. | 92216 | n.a. | 13 |
| #: 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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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [14]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Sofia (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.
Source: [15]
References
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)