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Sophronia is beautiful, distinguished, and refreshingly underused. Even though it is unusual, it is relatively easy to spell and has a history of use. I pronounce it Sof-ron-ee-ah.

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Sophronia Jane
Sophronia Violet
Sophronia Elise
Sophronia Rose
Sophronia Cecile
Sophronia Edith
Sophronia Irene

This message was edited 8/21/2019, 12:48 PM

I prefer just Ronia or Ronja. Sophronia is a mouthful. I would pair it with something ending in -e. I can only think of one way to pronounce it. so-FRO-nee-ah.

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Sophronia Madeleine
Sophronia Rose
Sophronia Marie
Sophronia Elise
Sophronia Emmeline
Sophronia Louise
Sophronia Noelle
Sophronia Claire
Sophronia Grace

I'm not a big fan of the name, because the "phrone" sound is not appealing to me. Knowing it's Greek improves it slightly, by giving the unusual sounds some context. I agree with the thoughts on pronunciation and similarity to a musical instrument (though it sort of makes me think of a harp).

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However, I really like unusual origins for nicknames, so if I knew someone who was called Sophie and learned their full name was actually Sophronia, I would find that offbeat and an interesting bit of trivia about the person.

I would pronounce it sof-ROH-nee-ah. It sounds like a relative of the tuba. Like “I played the sophronia in our high school marching band”.

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I would pair it with a short, simple middle name.

Soph ro nee a, MN kate, grace, Claire, Brynn, Paige, Beth, Anne, Faye, Rae, Joy, faith, lee, Mae, Maeve, Neve, Quinn, Tess, June, Jean, joan