Re: I once read an article about Sophia Loren
in reply to a message by vigdis
From the Wikipedia article about her at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren
"Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome on ... .... ... She eventually changed her name to Sophia Loren."
The article in the Italian Wikipedia about the given name Sofia doesn't mention Sophia as an Italian variant:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_(nome)
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren
"Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome on ... .... ... She eventually changed her name to Sophia Loren."
The article in the Italian Wikipedia about the given name Sofia doesn't mention Sophia as an Italian variant:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_(nome)
Rene www.AboutNames.ch