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Sofia
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Usage
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Origin and Meaning
Nordic spelling of Sophia [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Related Names
See Sophia
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
|
|
15 May |
Faroe Islands
|
|
15 May |
|
|
15 May |
|
|
15 May |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
- Sweden: 1885-1909 and 2000- [4]
- Denmark: The first and the last decades of the 20th century [6]
- Finland: -1919 and 1980- [7]
- Norway: 2000- [8]
Namesakes
- Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin (born 25 April 1972), Swedish actress
- Sofia Kristina Bernadotte (née Hellqvist, * 6 December 1984), Princessa av Sverige, Hertiginna av Värmland (Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland)
- Sofia is an IKEA product name (fabric) [9]
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[10] |
  |
29905 | 91144 | 4 | 6 |
| Denmark[11] |
  |
4346 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Norway[8] |
|
2653 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Finland[7] |
|
n.a. | 89520 | n.a. | 5 |
| #: 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: [12]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
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 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables