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Wisdom

Names that wish a daughter understanding.

154 names · 40 traditions

The same root, across a whole language family

These are attested shared morphemes — not coincidences of spelling. Where we are not confident a root is shared, we say nothing and simply list the names.

sophia
wisdom (Greek)
Greek, and across Europe
Sofia, Sofianna, Sofie, Sofiya, Sofoula, Sofronia, Sofya, Sophia
vidya / medha
knowledge (Sanskrit)
Sanskrit, Hindi
Dashamahavidya, Medhavati, Medhavi

Every tradition, side by side

Hebrew 4
Turkish 3
Chinese 3
Scottish 3
Irish 3
Russian 3
Armenian 2
French 2
Swahili 2
Persian 2
Japanese 2
Mongolian 2
Norwegian 2
Norse 2
Khmer 2
Georgian 2
Tamil 1
Bosnian 1
Pali 1
Indonesian 1
Avestan 1
Spanish 1
Italian 1
Egyptian 1
Circassian 1
Inuit 1
Malay 1
Igbo 1
Tibetan 1
Polish 1
Hungarian 1