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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