Sophie

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Sophie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. In Sweden it is the 9th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 285(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 84as Sofia
  • PLPoland1 in 106as Zofia

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sophie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

360,470 named Zofia, 2026

#143 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
446 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 285 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

СофьяCyrillic(measured from records)
SofiaLatin(measured from records)
סופיהHebrew(measured from records)
ΣοφιαGreek(measured from records)
ՍոֆյաArmenian(measured from records)
โซเฟียThai(measured from records)
სოფიაGeorgian(measured from records)
소피아Hangul(measured from records)

10 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sofia in US United States, BR Brazil, SE Sweden and 1 more, Софья in RU Russia, סופיה in PL Poland and София in FI Finland.

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)

French form of Sophia. In the Englishspeaking world, where it has been popular since the 18th century, it is often taken as a pet form of that name. Variants: Sofie, Sophy. SPRITE

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

How Sophie is read(measured from records)

Sophie is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 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.

  • French56%

    Du grec sophia, « sagesse »; fêtée à la Sainte Sophie (25 mai).

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Du grec sophia « sagesse » ; fête : 25 mai (Sainte Sophie).

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Prénom d’origine grecque, signifiant « sagesse ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Du grec *sophia* « sagesse »; sainte Sophie.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • English31%

    A female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin.

    as a wordkaikki.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.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sophie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sophie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#889360,470as Zofia1 in 106360Kסופיה74
US United States#729327,891as Sophia1 in 1K327KSofia444
BR Brazil#243287,227as Sofia1 in 737287KSofia175
RU Russia#77≈260,000 est.≈1 in 538#40Софья187
FR France#18≈240,000 est.≈1 in 285247KSophie446
SE Sweden#996,038as Sofia1 in 10696KSofia162
FI Finland#18665,965as Sofia1 in 84103KСофия59
PT Portugal#22≈59,000 est.≈1 in 175listedSofia189
HU Hungary—41,439as Zsófia1 in 23641K—3

360,470 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026, counting the spelling zofia. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register; Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

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

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

  • English given name47 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sophié, 'Sophie, Sophie', Söphïë, Sophíe

  • Russian given name48 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

    Also written Софи, Sofi, Софі, Сафі, Sofie

  • Indonesian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written Söphïë, Sophië, Sophié

82 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)

Sophie 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.

  • French form of Sophia. In the Englishspeaking world, where it has been popular since the 18th century, it is often taken as a pet form of that name. Variants: Sofie, Sophy. SPRITE

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

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)

16001700180019002000Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, b. 1687Catherine II of Russia, b. 1729Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, b. 1744Bertha von Suttner, b. 1843Maria Feodorovna, b. 1847Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, b. 1868Sophie Scholl, b. 1921Sophie Rhys-Jones, b. 1965Sophie Marceau, b. 1966Sophie Turner, b. 1996

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 135 sources across 72 countries.

Official registers attesting Sophie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024247K#227
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202086K#614
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20228.8K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—8.7K#1,876
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—8.2K#459
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20254K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20203.7K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—3.2K#314
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20263.2K#314
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)20202.3K—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—2.1K#515
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—1.1K—

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Sophie?
In the etymology graph, Sonia, Sofia and Sophia are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Sophie have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 360 thousand people named Zofia, more than in any other country we hold.
Is Sophie a male or female name?
Sophie 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.
Where does the name Sophie come from?
French form of Sophia. In the Englishspeaking world, where it has been popular since the 18th century, it is often taken as a pet form of that name. Variants: Sofie, Sophy. SPRITE Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
How common is the name Sophie?
In Poland, the national register counted 360,470 people named Zofia in 2026, about 1 in 106 residents.
How common is Sophie compared with other names?
In Poland, Sophie is the 889th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.
What does the name Sophie mean?
In English, A female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sophie” — the 889th most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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