Sofia or Sophia

[Charlotte2411]

I’m 2 weeks post partum and finally decided on the name Sofia for our daughter. Have been feeling emotional every day since birth and this really didn’t help with decision making. The fog has lifted a bit now and I really think she suits Sofia.

However, the reaction from family is that they’re a bit confused about the spelling and one mentioned about it being the capital of Bulgaria.

We chose Sofia with an F as we thought it made a very popular name a little bit different, we prefer the look of it and may be less likely to get shortened to ‘Soph’ which I’m not a huge fan of. We don’t have connections to Italy or Spain etc where Sofia is widely used, but equally we don’t have Greek connections to Sophia either.

But people’s reactions are making me think it could be seen as an odd choice and should we just change it to Sophia? We’re registering her next week.

Am I way overthinking this!?

My sister married an italian so called her DD Sofia. She's recently discovered the Sophia spelling though and is now writing her name that way now!

The DD (not my sister)

I much prefer Sophia, but even if you decide on Sofia, Ive never heard of it being shortened to sofa!

Definitely Sophia ! Congratulations and what a lovely name

I like Sophia better, and do think she will spend less time correcting the spelling if you change it, but Sofia is not unusual these days

i prefer Sophia. Sofia reminds me of Bulgaria.

Love the Sofia spelling