Sofija () is feminine

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found in South Slavic and

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. It is a cognate of the Greek name Sophia meaning "

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". Notable people bearing the name Sofija include: * Sofija Jovanović (1895–1979), Serbian war hero * Sofija Korkutytė (1939–2000), Lithuanian rower *

Sofija Milošević Sofija Milošević (; born March 18, 1991) is a Serbian fashion model. She worked for Serbian fashion designers and brands Diesel and Jeremy Scott in Milan and New York. Personal life Sofija was engaged to Filip Živojinović, son of retired Se ...

(born 1991), Serbian model *

Sofija Pšibiliauskienė Sofija Pšibiliauskienė ''née'' Ivanauskaitė (; September 16, 1867 in Akmenė District Municipality, Paragiai, Shavelsky Uyezd, Kovno Governorate – March 15, 1926 in Paragiai) and Marija Lastauskienė were two Lithuanian sister writers of Pol ...

(1867–1926), Lithuanian writer * Sofija Skoric (born 1937–2022), Serbian-Canadian writer, editor, translator, publisher and activist *

Sofija Smetonienė Sofija Smetonienė (''née'' Chodakauskaitė; January 13, 1885 – December 28, 1968), was the wife of the first President of Lithuania Antanas Smetona and served as the First Lady of Lithuania from April 4, 1919, to June 19, 1920, and again f ...

(1885–1968), former First Lady of Lithuania *

Sofija Veiverytė Sofija Veiverytė (April 13, 1926 in Naujatriobiai, Kaunas district – July 23, 2009 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian artist. She studied monumental painting at the Kaunas Applied and Decorative Arts Institute. From 1951 to 1985 she lectured at the L ...

(1926–2009), Lithuanian painter * Sofija Naletilić (1913–1994), Croatian naïve sculptor from Herzegovina *

Sofija Novoselić Sofija Novoselić (born January 18, 1990) is a Croatian alpine skier, member of the Croatian Alpine Ski Team. Her strongest discipline is slalom. Novoselić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. She debuted in Zagreb in ...

(born 1990), Croatian alpine skier * Sofija Garanča (born 2004), Latvian footballer

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