Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 楚風亜, 聖愛, 麻日亜, 想妃愛, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SO-FEE-AH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 楚 (so) meaning "pain; suffering", 風 (fi) meaning "wind" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible. Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Sofia or Sophia.