Tzofia

tso-FEE-ya

Hebrew

"a scout of Jehovah"

Tzofia Origin and Meaning

The name Tzofia is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "a scout of Jehovah".

The "Tz" beginning of Tzofia represents the Hebrew letter tzadi, which is pronounced more like ts. So Tzofia sounds like Sofia with a light t at the beginning -- intriguing, but a difficult sound for a native English speaker to reproduce. While Tzofia is a distinct name from the megapopular Sophia and Sofia, many people will hear it as a cognate and pronounce it the same....or like Zofia.