Sophia vs Clare - What's the difference?
sophia | clare |
, 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.
A county in the Republic of Ireland
A town in the county of Cavan, Ireland.
derived from place names in England and Ireland, and from (etyl) "clay" as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
transferred from the surnames (much less common than the female name).
, often spelled Claire in the 20th century.
* : Act I, Scene IV:
* 1999 Margaret York: The Price of Guilt : page 58:
As a noun sophia
is wisdom (often personified).As an adjective clare is
.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? - - -
clare
English
(wikipedia Clare)Etymology 1
Proper noun
(en proper noun)Etymology 2
Medieval English vernacular form of Clara.Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more,
- But rather wishing a more strict restraint
- Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare .
- "What's your name?"
- "Clare Fairweather," she said. "Awful, isn't it?" and went away, hiding her mirth.