Sofie

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Sofia in US United States, BR Brazil, SE Sweden and 1 more, Софья in RU Russia, Sophie in FR France and סופיה in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

How Sofie is read●(measured from records)

Sofie is one spelling over 6 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Czech25%

  a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Swedish19%

  Sofie är en variantform av → Sofia, yngre i Sverige. Sophie är den franska och engelska stavningen.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• English17%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Sofie in English.

• Danish15%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Sofie in Danish.

• Dutch11%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Sofie in Dutch.

• German10.0%

  weibl. Vom. griechischen Ursprungs (griech. sophia »Weisheit«). Diesen Namen tragen zwei römische Märtyrerinnen: die heilige Sophia (3-/4. Jh.), genannt »die kalte

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  a female given name, variant of Sophie or Sophia

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Sofie is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Czech given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Sweden, Belgium

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Slovak

  Also written Šofie, Sofié

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Brazil, Sweden

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Sofié

• Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Sofie

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Sofie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Low German, Dutch, and Danish form of SOPHIA .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Sofia of Minskb. 1141Danish queen consort (1140-1198)
• Sophie von Braunschweig-Lüneburgb. 1563DEnot in their usual nameMargrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Duchess of Hunters Village
• Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelb. 1724DEnot in their usual nameDuchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld from 1764 to 1800
• Princess Sophie of Swedenb. 1801SEnot in their usual nameSwedish princess
• Sophie Menterb. 1846DEnot in their usual nameGerman musician (1846–1918)
• Asta Nielsenb. 1881DKnot in their usual nameDanish actress (1881-1972)
• Anne Sofie von Otterb. 1955SESwedish mezzo-soprano (born 1955)
• Sofie Grabolb. 1968DKDanish actress
• Malin Olssonb. 1982SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer, model and television presenter
• Lena Oberdorfb. 2001DEnot in their usual nameassociation football player (2001-)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Sofie have the most bearers?

In Poland, the national register counted about 360 thousand people named Zofia, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Sofie most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sofie is densest in Norway — about 1 in 524 people — even though Poland holds more of our records for it.

What are other forms of the name Sofie?

In the etymology graph, Sonia, Sofia and Sophie are forms of the same name in other languages; Vivi is a recorded short or pet form.

How do you pronounce Sofie?

A machine transcription gives /sufi:/ (IPA) for Swedish.

What does the name Sofie mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Sofie a male or female name?

Sofie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

How common is the name Sofie?

In Norway, the national register counted 10,437 people named Sofie in 2025, about 1 in 524 residents.

How common is Sofie compared with other names?

In Poland, Sofie is the 889th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.