sophie or sofie (sophia or sofia)

smiles1123

which is more common and/or which is standard. I love the name but I am not sure which spelling is correct. I am not a fan of people making up their own spelllings for names. I prefer to go with the proper spelling.

Thanks!

dougsbestgirl

Sophie and Sophia are the more traditional spellings around here. 

alliejo725

Sophia is, I believe, the original name (it's the Greek version). Sofia is the Italian varient. Sophie is French.

I vastly prefer Sophia. Sophie/Sofie make cute NNs, but not full names IMO.

RumbleLina

Sophie/ia is all I have ever seen. Sofie/ia makes me things of a sofa so I am not sure I care for the 'f'.

nugget0411

i like Sophie - Sofie looks too short and awkward

Sophia is adorable! but she will probably be called Sophie most of the time...my cousin is

Fairydust6383

I recently read on a baby name website that having an "A" sound at the end of a name is slowly, but surely becoming unpopular & was just a trend. So, many people will be naming their daughters Olive instead of Olivia ... Sophie instead of Sophia & so on. I'm not sure how true this is ... or if it really answers your question, but I thought I'd share anyway

melissa.1985

dougsbestgirl:

Sophie and Sophia are the more traditional spellings around here. 

This this this! I HATE when people spell names differently just to be cool. 

losmitty

Both are traditional- just from different counties. While both spellings make the top 50, Sophia is far more common. I really prefer Sofia, and often wished I'd used that spelling. We went for Sophia because we knew she was going to also go by Sophie and Sofie looks a little strange to me.

lotus88

They're both totally normal. It's not the difference between Alexis and Alexys. Just ethnic background difference. I prefer Sofia but I'm Italian. I'll be fighting to keep some of that going in the names with my PA dutch husband. . . I really like the name though.

anna7602

Depends on your background. Sofia is more common in some languages, but the "ph" is more common in English. I would be inclined to think a Sofia was either Hispanic or from some other immigrant group, so if this description doesn't fit you, you might want to stick with Sophia.

sunnyday016

melissa.1985:

dougsbestgirl:

Sophie and Sophia are the more traditional spellings around here. 

This this this! I HATE when people spell names differently just to be cool. 

FYI The 'f' spelling is not always just to be "cool". It's a legit cultural variation.

I prefer the ph obviously, that's what we went for my DD. Her name is Sophia and we use Sophie as a nn. 

Deliainlove

Like the others said its just a variation in languages.

 To be tricky i like Sofia over Sophia, but Sophie over Sofie.

KarlsSweetie05

my grandma was born in Eastern Europe and her name was Sofie (spelled that way).   so if we use it, we will also use that spelling.

 I had posted before about Sofie and most responders like Sophia better.

Linz-E

I think Sophia is more traditional, personally I like Sofia.