Sophy

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A female given name.

Noun

• A title of a Safavid dynasty shah.

Origin

• Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see Sophia.
• Spelling variation of Sofi, cognate to Italian sofì, Spanish sofí.
• from Ottoman Turkish صفی,
• from Persian صفی ("pure, clear, bright; just, upright, sincere"),
• صفوی,
• from Ismail Safavi, the founder of the dynasty,
• from Arabic epithet صَافِي الدِين,
• ultimately from Arabic صَافٍ ("pure").
• Not related to Sufi.