Sophia, Sofia or Sophie (:

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

Sophia

Sophie

Sophia but Sophie is also nice Sofia just looks odd.

All lovely, but I'd go with Sophie.

Sophie biased as is my dd's name they are all beautiful though!

I like them all! Sofia is probably my preferred one, but only just!

Sofia is that irritating NON-princess on the Disney Channel. Her name is therefore only appropriate in a family who can claim continental origins and therefore Italian/Spanish etc spelling.

Assuming pn suh-FEE-uh, Sophia. I don't like the pn suh-FYE-uh.

Sophia

Sophie

Sofia but all nice

Sophie

Sophie
Sophia

Sofia, is the capital of Bulgaria and I've been so that's my immediate thought.

Sofia = Bulgaria.
Sophia or Sophie.

They are all lovely

I had Sophie on my list for dd so I will go with that

Sophie

Sophia for me. I don't mind the Sofia spelling. Sophie is a bit overdone now I think

Agree totally Sophie is the proper English name
Sophia if you must.
Sofia needs links to a part of Europe that doesn't consider f a misspelling of ph.

Also why so many Isabel(le)s, we are not in France or Itally we don't need the extra le.

I vote Sophia, much prefer it to Sophie. Not keen on the Sofia spelling, just makes me think of the city so unless she was conceived there I wouldn't spell it that way

Sophia is best.

I have a bit of a fondness for Sofie. I'm sure that it's an incorrect spelling so I'd stick to Sophie.

I have a Sofia (she's 8), she gets Fia occasionally. I chose the Sofia spelling because I'm not a fan of Sophie, it's also meant that there's been no Soph shortening.

Fwiw, Sophie is actually the French spelling.

Really useful comments, thank you!

Still have to choose between Sophia v. Sophie.

Does Sophia sound a bit 'foreign' then? Nothing wr mong with that but we are from the continent and I'd quite like for us to blend in name wise.

I don't think it sounds foreign, but it's possibly posher and less popular. Do those factors matter?

Sophia (from the Greek word for wisdom) was used in England from around 1700. It was made popular by the Hanoverian kings and their courtiers.

Then, it was usually pronounced So-FYE-ah by British English-speakers, with the diminutive Sophy (SO-fee). (Though in the Hanoverians' homeland, Germany, it was said 'So-FEE-ah.)

It is often said that Hollywood actress Sophia Loren made the Italian 'So-FEE-ah' pronunciation popular in the 1950s and 1960s in Britain. It's stayed that way, on the whole.

In spite of Sophia Loren, the usual Italian and original Greek spelling was and is 'Sofia'. The same spelling (along with the pronunciation So-FEE-ah) is used in many other European nations.