Sophronia

Gender Feminine
Usage Literature, Late Greek [1]
Scripts Σωφρονία(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Feminine form of Sophronius. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580), in which it is borne by the lover of Olindo.

Related Names

Rootsophron
Masculine FormsSophronios, Sophronius(Late Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesFrona(English)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

Charles Dickens characters, currently out of the US top 1000, ends in -nia, feminine forms, literature

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Σωφρονία.
Entry updated October 6, 2024