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I know what you mean about the Enid Blyton feel - it feels a bit British boarding school novel, but that's perfectly okay (I've read far too much Malory Towers anyway).

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I really like Sophie, but I like Sophia even better, either spelled like that or as Sofia.

I'm completely and totally in *love* with Sophie

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as a nn for Sophia, that is, for many, many years now. Long before my little Sophia nn Sophie was born. Long before Sophia / Sophie was even in the top 250, much less the top 10; I fell in love with it when I was about 10yo, when it was in the 400s. It's the meaning, for me, that makes it irresistible.

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But I must ask: Your comment about an Enid Blyton feel is utterly opaque to me. I have no idea what you mean. Can you please clarify?

Sophie is nice. The character on "Mamma Mia!" made me like the name even more. Still, my fave is Sophia.

Love the name Sophie, always have.

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:)

I was about 18 years old when Meryl Streep starred in "Sophie's Choice." Until then, Sophie had been a name in my history books, a name for an obscure German princess or two.

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Suddenly, it was OK to name a dd Sophie. Amazing. I remember hearing a woman a few years later calling out for her dd Sophie. I smiled.

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I love the spunkiness of Sophie. It makes me think of obscure German princesses and that little girl on the bus. I'm still smiling. :-)

I love it, and wish it wasn't so popular. I love how simple it is. I'm actually reading Howl's Moving Castle again now (the main female character is named Sophie).