Entry № 9919 · Greek origin

Sophronia Sophronia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soh-FROH-nee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Wisdom / prudence"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "wisdom / prudence".

Sophronia is from the Greek Sōphrónia (Σωφρονία) — sōphrosynē (wisdom, temperance, prudence). Sophronia + her beloved Olindo are martyrs whose mutual sacrifice exemplifies Christian virtue.

Wisdom / prudence (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Σωφρονία
Transliteration
Sōphrónia
Pronunciation
/ soʊˈfroʊ.ni.ə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Sophronia stands.

Sophronia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sophronias before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Sophronia (Tasso)
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered heroine 1581.
1581

Names connected to Sophronia.

The number behind Sophronia.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sophronia reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.