Meaning of Sophie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin.
2. Archaic spelling of Safavi.
   alt-of, archaic
3. Obsolete spelling of sophy (“wisdom”).
   alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. A diminutive of the female given name Sophia.
5. A village in Ouest department, Haiti.

Equivalents

Examples

“Wilt thou be a nun, Sophie? / Nothing but a nun? / Is it not a better thing / With thy friends to laugh and sing?”

“No, like a small child, my daughter, Sophie Anne Louise. We gave her three names, all of which exist in English as well as in French, so she can change her name just by changing her accent. - - - Sophie Anne Louise. It is a bit pretentious, do you not find? Maybe it is better in English. Sophie Anne Louise. No, it still sounds like one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren.”

“Sophia landed on her behind on the soft moss that lined the river bank. "Besides, you don't win yet, Sophie," he said. "I have one more stone still."”

“The Prince of Morocco: […]By this Symitare, That ſlew the Sophie, and a Perſian Prince[…]”

“The Safavid shahs were commonly termed by Western writers "Sophie", "Sophy", "Sophi" or "Soffi". All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.”

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