Girl · Greek
Sophronia
Say it: soh-FROH-nee-uh
Meaning
From Greek sōphrōn 'self-controlled, prudent'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
An early Christian name used in 19th-century America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 1,506 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Sofronia |
|---|---|
| Italian | Sofronia |
| Russian | Sofroniya |
| Greek | Sophronia |
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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