SOPHIA  

Gender: F
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "wisdom"

Popularity in 2007: #6

Ancient name with a sensuous sound and high-minded meaning, chosen by several celeb parents, and heading toward the top of the charts without losing any -- okay, much -- of its sophisticated beauty. A real winner.

Variations:
Soph, Saffi, Sophey, Sophee

International Variations:
Safa, Safiyah (Arabic) Sofija (Croatian) Zofka, Zofie, Zofia (Czech) Sohvi (Finnish) Sophie (French) Sophoon, Sophronia, Sofi (Greek) Tzophiah (Hebrew) Zsófika, Zsófia (Hungarian) Sonja (Norwegian) Sophi, Sofie, Sophy (Persian) Zosha, Zocha, Zosia (Polish) Chofi, Chofa, Soficita, Fifi (Spanish) Sofya (Turkish) Sonia, Sofiya, Sofka, Sonyusha, Sonya, Sonyuru (Ukrainian)