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Sophia Pronunciation
Sophia is pronounced SOH-fee-uh, IPA /ˈsoʊfiə/.
SOH-fee-uh
US /ˈsoʊfiə/
Syllables: SOH · fee · uh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (given name): A female given name taken from the Greek word for wisdom, spelled Sofia in many countries.
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Two Ways to Say Sophia
The pronunciation changes with the meaning or the part of speech. The form above is the most common; the others are:
- soh-FEE-uh, with the middle beat loud: /soʊˈfiə/ (soh-FEE-uh)
Sophia in a Sentence
- Sophia is picking us up from the airport.
- Her grandmother was also called Sophia.
- We named the boat after Sophia, who paid for half of it.
Common Mispronunciations of Sophia
Not SOH-pee-uh
That ph is an f, as it is in every Greek name English borrowed: Philip, Stephen, Daphne.
Not soh-FY-uh
The i belongs to a fee, not to an eye. A long i here gives the separate name Sophie crossed with Fia.
Tip: Both readings are in use. Dictionaries list SOH-fee-uh first, but soh-FEE-uh is what most families say today, and the Sofia spelling almost always takes it.
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