Frona

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Pronounced： [ FRO-nə ]
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Usage：English

Meaning & History：

Diminutive of SOPHRONIA.

SOPHRONIA female Literature, Late Greek

Feminine form of SOPHRONIUS. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580), in which it is borne by the lover of Olindo.

SOPHRONIUS male Late Greek (Latinized)

Latinized form of the Greek name Σωφρονιος (Sophronios), which was derived from Greek σωφρων (sophron) "self-controlled, sensible". Saint Sophronius was a 7th-century patriarch of Jerusalem.

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EQUIVALENTS

LATE GREEK: Sophronia

LITERATURE: Sophronia

MASCULINE FORMS

LATE GREEK: Sophronios, Sophronius

SPANISH: Sofronio