Sophie or Sophia?

[PorridgeBrain]

After months of disagreeing on names and with less than 2 weeks to go, DH and I have finally come down to Sophie or Sophia. I realize that one letter really shouldn't make that much difference but one of us really wants one and one the other! Please help us decide.

Also, middle names - we have Erin and Elisa/Eliza, which do you think goes best with which first name?

Sophia is so much nicer than Sophie, imo.
Sophia Elisa would be my choice.
(or even Sophia Elise)

I wouldn't have two names ending in an "a" sound personally. So Sophie Elisa/Eliza or Sophia Erin I think.

I much prefer Sophia (and gives you the option of Sophie as a nn) but when it runs into a vowel for a middle name either Erin or Eliza, Sophie does sound better (but how often do you say your full name?)

i prefer sophie

Sophie is far more timeless, sophisticated and naturally pretty than Sophia in my opinion. Sophie all the way!

Sophia Elise

Sophie

Sophia is far nicer than Sophie, which is a meh name (mother of a Sophia).

It is more classic i think. And euphonically prettier (imho of course).

I wouldn't have a name ending in a leading into another name beginning with a vowel, it sounds disjointed.

Sophie has more of a vintage feel whereas Sophia feels more modern.

Sophie.

Sophie Erin

my Sophie is Sophie Emily

Sophia Erin.

Sophia.

Am seriously considering this for DD2 due in 5 weeks.

Can I just ask if there is a variation in how people pronounce it? Cos that's the only thing that puts me off.

I would pronounce it soh-fee-ya but have heard it said suh-fi-yah.

Sophie Eliza sounds absolutely lovely

With - a surprising amount of people call me dd so-fye-a, as opposed to so-fee-a, which is how I pronounce it.

It doesn't really matter. It does piss me off when people call her Sophie, though (yes, i am looking at you MIL, dd is 14 so you have had enough time to fathom out there is an a on the end of her name )

Thanks getorf.

Sorry to hijack but is it quite a popular name? Doesn't really bother me as DD's name is in the top ten and the other name we're considering is Isabella which everyone on here is always slagging off for being popular.

But I just wondered.

Sophie is far nicer than sophia imo a really beautiful name.

i too am deliberating Sophia but am unsure as to whether or not to spell it Sophia/Sofia or go for slightly different name and have Saffia.....

so really i am no help at all to you other than to say definitely not Sophie....

All you Sophie lovers are wrong

I think Sophie is v common popular, Sophia less so, though I think it is gaining in popularity. I don't think it will become ubiquitous like Evie/Isabella/whatever.

I like lots of names which sound similar to Sophia

Saffron
Safrane
Zaphia
Seraphina
Can't think of any more but there are loads

I too have a Sophie Emily......a v beautiful name IMO. I liked Sophia too, but DH said it sounded too "up itself".

Sophia is trying tooooo hard - much prefer Sophie. Sophie Erin sounds lovely.

Sophie is more classic. Pretty in a natural way.
Unless you are Greek in which case you probably see it the other way round.

I always thought of Sophie as being the short form of Sophia, for people who couldn't be bothered to say the whole name.

Doubtless not the case, that's just how it feels to me. Sophie just sounds like a nn.

Sophie Erin

I'm a Sophie and it is much nicer than Sophia. Fact.

I love the name Sophie. Not such a fan of Sophia really.