Sophie vs Susan - What's the difference?
sophie | susan |
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* 1832 , English Songs , 1851, LXXXV ("To Sophie"):
* 1991 , Talking It Over , ISBN 0-224-03157-0 page 241, 252:
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* 1995 , Marilyn Seguin, The Bell Keeper: The story of Sophia and the Massacre of the Indians at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, in 1782 ,
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* ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act I, Scene III:
* 1855 , North and South , Bernhard Tauchnitz 1855, page 382:
* 1932 , Words and Names , J.Murray 1932, page 84:
* 2006 , Digging to America , Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0307263940, pages 10, 62:
As proper nouns the difference between sophie and susan
is that sophie is {{given name|female|from=Ancient Greek}} while Susan is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}.As a noun sophie
is obsolete spelling of lang=en wisdom.sophie
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Wilt thou be a nun, Sophie ? / Nothing but a nun? / Is it not a better thing / With thy friends to laugh and sing?
- No, like a small child, my daughter, Sophie Anne Louise. We gave her three names, all of which exist in English as well as in French, so she can change her name just by changing her accent. - - -
- Sophie' Anne Louise. It is a bit pretentious, do you not find? Maybe it is better in English. ' Sophie Anne Louise. No, it still sounds like one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren.
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- Sophia landed on her behind on the soft moss that lined the river bank. "Besides, you don't win yet, Sophie ," he said. "I have one more stone still."
susan
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Susan' and she - God rest all Christian souls! - / Were of an age. Well, ' Susan is with God; / She was too good for me.
- "With all my heart, though I have not an idea who little Susan' may be. But I have a kindness for all '''Susans''', for simple ' Susan' s sake.
- My own 'reaction' to the name Susan' is a vision of a sturdy young woman garbed in 'print' and armed with a mop or other domestic implement, a picture compounded of a succession of domestic '''Susans''' passing before the eyes of early childhood. - - - It is symptomatic of the game of general post now being played by the classes and the masses that ' Susan is taking refuge, with Betty, Peggy, Jane and Ann, among the aristocracy, while Gladys and Muriel reign below stairs,
- Susan', they called her. They chose a name that resembled the name she had come with, Sooki, and also it was a comfortable sound for Iranians to pronounce. "' Su-san !" Maryam would sing when she went in to get her from her nap. "Su-Su-Su!"
- - - - Even on issues pertaining to their daughter, the Yazdans took a very different approach. Imagine changing that charming name, Sooki, part of her native heritage, to plain old Susan !
