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Estonian
Etymology
Variant form of Sophie and/or Sofia.
Proper noun
Sohvi (genitive , partitive )
- a female given name
Finnish
Etymology
Vernacular form of Sofia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sohvi
- a female given name
1990, Riitta Vartti, Sun lapsuutes, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 407:—Äiti, minkäs takia mummun nimi on Adalmina ja Sohvi-tätin nimi on Sofia, vaikkei ne oo mitää ruotsinkielisiä?
—No, ohan meiän vanha sukunimiki S-t-rantperk, vaikkei sitä osaa kukaa ees lausuu oikei. Ennen vanhaa ihmisille pantii sellasia nimiä. Meiän setähä se suomens nimesä ja se on Rantakallio nytte.- —Mom, why is grandma named Adalmina and auntie Sohvi named Sofia, even though they don't speak Swedish?
—Well, our old surname's S-t-rantperk too, but nobody can even pronounce that right. People used to give names like that back then. Our uncle got his translated into Finnish and is now a Rantakallio.
Declension
Statistics
- Sohvi is the 477th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 778 female individuals (and as a middle name to 382 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.