Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía, Wisdom Diminutive forms include Sophie and Sofie The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century It is a common female name in the Eastern Orthodox countries It became very popular in the West beginning in the later 1990s and became one of the most popularly given girls' namesA common name intrinsically plays a part in a classification of objects, typically an incomplete and informal classification, in which some names are degenerate examples in that they are unique and lack reference to any other name, as is the case with say, ginkgo, okapi, and ratel Folk taxonomy, which is a classification of objects using common names, has no formal rules and need not beIn several cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between the person's first given name and their surname A middle name is often abbreviated and is then called middle initial or just initial A person may be given a middle name regardless of whether it is necessary to distinguish them from other people with the same given name and surname
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