Sophy is an alternate spelling of the female given name
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
, from the name
Sophia
Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to:
*Sophia (wisdom)
*Sophia (Gnosticism)
*Sophia (given name)
Places
*Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu
*Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana
*Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorpor ...
, meaning "wise".
People with the name
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Sophy A. Christensen
Sophie (Sophy) Adolfine Christensen (10 January 1867 – 31 July 1955) was one of Denmark's earliest female master carpenters and furniture designers. Thanks in part to the support she received from the Danish Women's Society, she successfully co ...
(1867–1955), Danish master carpenter and furniture designer
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Sophy Gray (architect)
Sophy Gray or Sophia Gray (5 January 1814 – 27 April 1871), was a diocesan administrator, artist, architect, horsewoman and the wife of Cape Town bishop Robert Gray. Born at Easington in Yorkshire, the 5th daughter of county squire Richar ...
(1814–1871), British administrator and architect
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Sophy Gray
Sophy Gray or Sophia Gray (5 January 1814 – 27 April 1871), was a diocesan administrator, artist, architect, horsewoman and the wife of Cape Town bishop Robert Gray. Born at Easington in Yorkshire, the 5th daughter of county squire Richar ...
(1814–1871), English diocesan administrator, artist, architect, and horsewoman
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Sophy Mae Mitchell, one of the first women to play in the University of Florida Fightin' Gator Marching Band
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Sophy Regensburg
Sophy Pollak Regensburg (1885 – April 6, 1974) was an American naïve painter.
Born in New York City, Regensburg was a member of a prominent family; her brother, Walter Pollak, sat on the New York Stock Exchange. She was married to cigar make ...
(1885–1974), American painter
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Sophy Rickett
Sophy Rickett (born 22 September 1970) is a visual artist, working with photography and video installation, video/sound installation. She lives and works in London.
Career
Sophy Rickett was born in London. Between 1990 and 1993, she studied for ...
(born 1970), British visual artist
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Sophy Ridge (born 1984), English broadcast journalist and host of ''
Sophy Ridge on Sunday''
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Sophy Romvari
Sophy Romvari (born October 20, 1990) is a Canadian film director, writer, and actress. She attracted widespread acclaim for her short film '' Still Processing'' (2020).Barry Hertz, "Canadian short filmmakers play the long game". ''The Globe and M ...
(born 1990), Canadian film director, writer, and actress
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Sophy Sanger (1881–1950), British internationalist and labour law reformer
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Sophy Wong
Sophy Wong (; born 16 February 1992), also known as SOPHY, is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter.
Career
Wong came 7th in ''The Voice (Hong Kong)'' in 2009. She released her debut EP, Sophrology EP and formed her record label, Bunny Eats Ltd with ...
(born 1992), Hong Kong singer-songwriter also known as SOPHY
Fictional characters
* Great-Aunt Sophy, a character in the children's fantasy novel ''
The Borrowers'' by
Mary Norton and in
the film adaptation
* Sophy, a young girl in the book, ''
The Camomile Lawn,'' and the adaptation,
''The Camomile Lawn'' (TV serial)
* Sophy, the twin protagonist of the second part of
''Darkness Visible'' (novel)
* Sophy, a character played by
Betty Kean
Betty Kean (December 15, 1914 - September 29, 1986) was an actress and part of the 1950s era comedy duo the Kean Sisters with her sister Jane Kean. She married four times, including to actors such as her last husband comedian Lew Parker. She die ...
in the 1978 film ''
The Fifth Floor
''The Fifth Floor'' is a 1978 American film about a sane woman who gets sent to an asylum. It stars Dianne Hull, Bo Hopkins and Mel Ferrer.
Plot
The film focuses on Kelly McIntyre, a disco dancer played by Dianne Hull who through no fault of her ...
''
* Sophy, a character played by
Gloria Hope in the lost film ''
The Outcasts of Poker Flat''
* Sophy of Kravonia, the protagonist of the novel ''Sophy of Kravonia'' by
Anthony Hope later adapted into the film ''Sophy of Kravonia or, The Virgin of Paris'' starring
Diana Karenne in the role
* Sophy Bunker, a French adventuress in
Steele MacKaye
James Morrison Steele MacKaye ( ; June 6, 1842 – February 25, 1894) was an American playwright, actor, theater manager and inventor. Having acted, written, directed and produced numerous and popular plays and theatrical spectaculars of the day ...
's 1877 play ''
Won at Last''
* Sophy Carson, a character in
''Mary Barton'' (TV series) played by
Linda Marlowe
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Sophy Crewler, fiancee Tommy Traddles in ''
David Copperfield''
* Sophy Cassmajor, the protagonist of
Margery Sharp same-named 1934 novel
* Sophy Fairfax, a character played by
Lysette Anthony in season 1, episode 8 ("The March Of Time") of ''
Lovejoy
''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 19 ...
''
* Sophy Fullgarney, a manicurist in
''The Gay Lord Quex'' (play)
* Lady Sophy Horfield, character in ''
The Paradine Case'' played by
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...
* Sophy Hojo, a character in the ''
PriPara'' game and anime series voiced by
Miyu Kubota
* Sophy Hutton, the vicar's eldest daughter played by
Kimberley Nixon in
''Cranford'' (TV series)
* Sophy Jackson, the unmarried sister of Sillerton Jackson in Edith Wharton's 1920 novel ''
The Age of Innocence''
* Sophy Kwykwer,
Marianne Faithfull's character in
''Ghost Story'' (1974 film)
* Sophy Murdock, a character in the 1918 American silent film ''Old Wives for New'' played by
Sylvia Ashton and
Wanda Hawley
* Sophy Ninan Varghese, a character played by
Mohini
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, ') is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a ''femme fatale'', an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them t ...
in the Indian Malayalam-language film, ''
Naadody''
* Sophy Paget-Lombardi,
Catherine Schell's character in ''
Strangers
A stranger is a person who is unknown to another person or group. Because of this unknown status, a stranger may be perceived as a threat until their identity (social science), identity and Character structure, character can be ascertained. Differ ...
'' episode, "A Swift and Evil Rozzer"
* Mrs Sophy Pullet (née Dodson), a character in George Eliot's ''
The Mill on the Floss''
* Sophy Sinclair, a student in Anne's class in L. M. Montgomery's ''
Anne of Windy Poplars''
* Sophy Viner, a character in Edith Wharton's 1912 novel, ''
The Reef'' and played by
Alicia Witt in
film adaptation
A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...
Non-humans with the name Sophy
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Sophy the robot, a companion to
Musio the robot
References
See also
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Sophie (disambiguation)
Sophie is a feminine given name also spelled Sophy.
Sophie or Sophy may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Sophie (musician) (1986–2021), Scottish record producer, singer, songwriter, and DJ
* ''Sophie'' (album), by BulletBoys, 2003
* "Sop ...
*
Charles Sophy
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''The Grand Sophy''
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Sophy (Safavid Iran)
The Sophy, also spelled Sofi, Sophie, Sophi, or Soffi, was a reference to the ruler of the Safavid dynasty of Iran. Even though Iran remained known in the West by the exonym Persia (see Name of Iran), which had been coined in "the days of the ancie ...
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Feminine given names