Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Sophia, Sofia or Sophie (:

63 replies

Skandichick · 05/04/2014 13:19

Probably THE most boring baby name question, but which do you prefer? Need to make a final decision now.
Tia! Cake

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
wigglesrock · 06/04/2014 20:19

I have a Sofia & an Anna Smile

HyvaPaiva · 06/04/2014 20:17

Sophia

GimmeDaBoobehz · 06/04/2014 20:15

My Mum was going to call me Sophia.

My Dad vetoed it with my big sisters but I would most likely name my little girl Sophia if I had another little girl.

JadziaSnax · 06/04/2014 20:15

Strikeout fail, oops.

JadziaSnax · 06/04/2014 20:14

Definitely Sophie. not that I'm biased or anything

TinyDiamond · 06/04/2014 20:11

Sophia. But I am biased Grin

Original poster
Skandichick · 06/04/2014 20:11

Paloma, why do you prefer Sophie over Sophia?

OP posts:
Original poster
Skandichick · 06/04/2014 20:09

Yy to Anna, Emily and Charlotte. Classic, lovely but not too cutesy.

OP posts:
Paloma12 · 06/04/2014 20:06

Simple, timeless names.
Anna
Emily
Charlotte
Katharine

Original poster
Skandichick · 06/04/2014 19:46

Paloma, that sounds nice Smile. Which other names do you like? Flowers.

OP posts:
Paloma12 · 06/04/2014 13:35

Sophie is one of very few perfect names. Exquisite.

WillowKnicks · 06/04/2014 13:32

I've got a Sophia, so am obviously very biased. It was a name I had loved for years & have never fallen out with it but it seems to be a lot more popular in recent years.

She sometimes gets Fee or Fee-a (pn) for short.

Monkeybubbles1 · 06/04/2014 12:34

Nothing wrong with the Soph shortening, it's endearing.

sunnyfriday · 06/04/2014 08:02

I find sophia /sophie sound rather different from each other.
both nice - Sophia was on my short list - so there you go :-)

EATmum · 06/04/2014 07:52

If it makes any difference there are no Sophies but three Sophia's in DD's reception class. Not saying that's usual, but maybe Sophie would be less popular?

peggyblackett · 06/04/2014 07:51

Sophia (one of my dd2's middle names :))

GoodnessIsThatTheTime · 06/04/2014 07:49

Lots of sophias around at the moment. I like it but think it might date to this period as one that rose in popularity and goes again.

Sophie seems more timeless but there's a few of those about too!

Delphiniumsblue · 06/04/2014 07:45

Sophie

sleepingbeautiful · 06/04/2014 07:32

Sophie is nicer.
Sophia always sounds like so-fear to me.
Plus now it reminds me of that annoying Sophia Grace from Essex, who was on Ellen being super precocious. Ugh.

ApolloniaVitelliCorleone · 05/04/2014 23:41

Sofia italian spelling all the way!!!!!

Paddington68 · 05/04/2014 23:36

Sophie - I always think Sofia (so fear) bears as the might eat you.

Blueberrybaby · 05/04/2014 23:34

Bollocks to blending in! If you are from 'the continent' then I would be quite sad you decided against using Sofia, which would be the normal spelling in continental Europe. I think it would be nice for your DD's name to reflect her heritage and you can do that in the spelling.

But if you really want to blend in then I would go for Sophia over Sophie. Sophie is very classic English to me, whereas Sophia at least has a European feel to it even if the spelling has been anglicized.

FirstTimeMom12 · 05/04/2014 21:39

I prefer Sofia or Sophia versus Sophie, love the a sound, very melodic, feminine and powerful!

MagratGarlik · 05/04/2014 21:15

If I picture the two names, I think of Sophie as a pretty little girl with blonde curls.

I picture Sophia as a sophisticated and elegant grown up.

What about Sophia, shortened to Sophy like 'The Grand Sophy'?

Longdistance · 05/04/2014 21:13

Sophia. Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria to me. Sophie is popular. Sophia is a now name.

Swipe left for the next trending thread