Dora vs Sophia - What's the difference?
dora | sophia |
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* 1856 Margaret Agnes Paull, Dorothy: A Tale , B. Tauchnitz (1857), page 63:
, borne by an early Christian saint, and by European royalty.
* 1766 Oliver Goldsmith: The Vicar of Wakefield :
* 1998 (Anne Tyler), A Patchwork Planet , A.A.Knopf Inc., page 2:
(gnosticism) An (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition.
As a proper noun dora
is , also the diminutive of dorottya, 'the gift of god' the hungarian equivalent of dora.As a noun sophia is
wisdom (often personified).dora
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "I think," said Robert, after waiting in vain for his cousin to speak, "that I shall call you Dorothy. It is a much prettier name than Dora ."
- "No, thank you," said Dorothy, quickly; "Dora is good enough for the common purposes of life."
Usage notes
* Popular as a formal given name in the end of the 19th century.Anagrams
* * ----sophia
English
(wikipedia Sophia)Alternative forms
* SofiaProper noun
(en proper noun)- I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia , so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.
- Gram said, "Sophia'. Would that be an Italian name?" "It came from a great-aunt," '''Sophia''' told her, turning briefly in her direction. "Was your great-aunt Italian?" "No, Scottish." "Oh." I knew what Gram was aiming at here. She wanted to find out whether '''Sophia''' was Catholic. She poked her headful of pink curlers forward for a moment and looked at me. "Presbyterian, " I told her. "Oh." She sat back again, Oh, well, you could see her thinking, her own daughter had married Episcopal and the sky hadn't fallen in. "It's a pretty name, anyhow," she told ' Sophia . "Thank you." "I like names that end with an a, don't you? - - -