Name meaning and origin
Sophia
Greek: Wisdom, skill, knowledge
Where the name comes from
- GreekWisdom, skill, knowledgeσοφία (sophia)
Sophia across traditions
- Greek Philosophy. Personification of wisdom, philosophia (love of wisdom)
- Gnostic. Divine feminine wisdom, Aeon Sophia
- Christian. Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), Christ as Wisdom
- Jewish. Chokmah (Wisdom) personified in Proverbs
Forms in other languages
Sophie, Sofia, Zofia, Sofie
Sophia in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
226
Hebrew Standard
1
Hebrew Ordinal
68
English Simple
408
English Sumerian
94
English Reverse
369
Greek Isopsephy
7
Chaldean
5
Pythagorean
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