Sophia vs Justin - What's the difference?
sophia | justin |
, 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.
. Popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
* 1892 Alfred Emanuel Smith: New Outlook . Outlook Publishing Co.,1925. page 43:
* 1996 Sherman Alexie: Indian Killer ISBN 0-87113-652-X page 102:
As a noun sophia
is wisdom (often personified).As a proper noun justin is
: justin.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? - - -
justin
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- What is there, I wonder, about the name Justin' that gives its bearer the quality of leadership? '''Justin''' Morrill was a leader of men. ' Justin Morgan was a leader of horses.
- 'It says here his name was Justin Summers. Now, if that ain't the whitest white-guy name of all time, then I don't know what. It's just a damn shame.'