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Greek
"sensible, prudent"
Stately and elegant, but with the familiar sounds of Sophia and Sophie, Sophronia was a familiar choice back in the 19th century but has since fallen into obscurity. Derived from the Greek sophron ,…
Diminutive of Sophronia, Greek
These days Sophie would be the most likely nickname for Sophronia, but back in Colonial times, Fronie was a common diminutive.
Ecclesiastical, Greek
A variation of the Greek Sophronius, Sophrony is most notably associated with Sophrony the Athonite, a 20th-century, Orthodox Christian archimandrite (or superior abbot), known for his practise and…