Gender Feminine
Usage Late Roman (?), Medieval Latin
Meaning & History
Means "wisdom" in Latin, a literal translation of the Greek name Sophia. This was borne by the Blessed Sapientia, a prioress of the Cistercian nunnery of Mont Cornillon near Liège, present-day Belgium, who brought up Saint Juliana (ca. 1192-1258) and her sister Agnes.