Sophus

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Usage

Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Σοφος (Sophos)

Greek σοφὸς (sophos) = 'wise' [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

Sofus
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Danish Faroese Greenlandic Norwegian Swedish
Sófus
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Icelandic
Sófús
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Icelandic
Sophus
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Danish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Suuffu
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Greenlandic
Suuffusi
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Suvfo
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Suvfuse
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Greenlandic

See also Sophia, Sophonias

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Sophusarson Iceland
Sophusson Iceland

Female

Sophusardóttir Iceland
Sophusdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Sophus
Genitive: Sophus'
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Sophus
Accusative: Sophus
Dative: Sophusi
Genitive: Sophusar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Sophus
Genitive: Sophus'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Sophus
Genitive: Sophus' / Sophus

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

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&
Denmark Denmark[5]
407
n.a.
0
n.a.
407
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
2 24 0 0 2 24
Iceland Iceland[7]
4 7
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
3 0 0
n.a.
3
Norway Norway[9]
43
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
43
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
0 0
n.a.
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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Sophus.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/