Sofia

Bulgarian seat of government

Sofia is a feminine given name, the most popular spelling of Sophia.

Like its variant, it derives from the Greek word for wisdom.

Sofia is also the capital and largest city of Bulgaria: We flew into Sofia and took a train to the coast.

The name has ranked among the most popular for girls in the United States and Europe since the early 2000s.

name

girl

Young female person

Italian · Spanish · Greek · Loren · Coppola · namesake · feminine · baby · saint · royal

capital

Bulgaria

Southeastern European nation

Ottoman · communist · EU · Cyrillic · lev · Slavic · metro · boulevard · parliament · university

wisdom

Greek

Of Athenian origin

divine · gnostic · virtue · understanding · enlightenment · learning · intellect · sacred · feminine · personification

Categories
Opposites
settlement size/type

Sofiavillage

Small rural community

hamlet · rural settlement · countryside · small town · backwater

european capital city contrasts

SofiaBrussels

Belgian capital

Vienna · Paris · London · Zurich · Berlin

geopolitical significance

Sofiaperiphery

Boundary or outer region

backwater · border town · remote region · no-man's-land

Phrases
Family

sophistry, sophistication, Sophia, sophism, Sophie

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G