Sophia
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Greek σοφία 'wisdom'.
The name of a 2nd C martyr, a 4th C martyr, a 15th C queen of Bohemia, and a 15th-16th C grand duchess of Moscow.
The name is sometimes, incorrectly, identified with Arabic Sāfiya, but that is an unrelated name, identical with the Arabic word 'to be pure'.
- Brabant
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- ● 1312 Sophie (gen) JeanIII p. 12
- France
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- ● 1138x62 Sophia (abl) clairvaux-12thc 91
- Germany
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- ● 1248 Sophia (nom) hennes-vol1 129,
Sophya (nom) ibid. 126;
1258 Sophya (nom) ibid. 175
- Italy
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- ● 1265x1339 Sofia (nom) BBC-Berg 205;
1387 Soffia (nom) Venditti II-2066
- Latvia
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- ● 1288 Sophie (gen) RigSB 511
- Ukraine
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- ● 1469 Zophia (nom) AGZ-18 30
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Sophia". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Sophia.