Sophia or Sofia?

[LemonLuLu]

A guy at work has asked me to put this question to the good people of MN. He and his wife disagree apparently!

[petitdonkey]

Sophia

[Sophronia]

Sophia. Sofia looks too much like sofa.

[EssentialHummus]

We will probably go with Sofia - it's DP's name of choice and that's the Russian spelling - but I'd personally prefer Sophia. Sofia is a city in Bulgaria, and I can't shake that.

[AuntieStella]

I prefer Sophia, because I read Sofia as the Bulgarian capital. But if your colleague has an a Eastern European surname, then the 'f' spelling may well sit better.

[MadisonAvenue]

Sophia

[MsMims]

Sofia. Sophia too much like Sophie

[SantasLittleMonkeyButler]

To me, Sophia is a girl's name and Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria.

So Sophia.

[dizzytomato]

Sophia, danger is that a Sophia will be called Sophie and a Sofia will not but Sofia looks odd in English, like Sofa. I have friends here in Brazil that have a little Sophia. They used the ph even though the correct way would be with an F because they think it looks a lot nicer. I agree.

[NoCapes]

Sophia
Sofia just looks ... Odd to me

[DramaAlpaca]

Sophia

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Sophia

[wigglesrock]

I have an almost 11 year old with the f spelling. We chose it mainly because although I love her name, I dislike the name Sophie and the ph seemed too close to it. She occasionally gets Fia which is nice as well.

[LemonLuLu]

Thanks. Have passed this on!

[Ludwsys]

Sofia, Bulgaria. Been there, so it's the first thing I think of. Had a great time, though.

[daisydalrymple]

Sofia is dd's Middle name. We chose the f as we're Welsh and she has a Welsh first name so they looked better together. (Even though in the Welsh alphabet the f is actually a v sound and the ff is a f sound!)

I would say it depends on any other name / surname etc.

[pilates]

Sophia