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
Grammatical form

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

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.