Given name & surname
Sofian
“a devoted man”
Sofian is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a devoted man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a devoted man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sofian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 82 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 168 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sofian’s family of names
Sofian may belong to the same name family as SOFFIAN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sofian
- Sofian ChahedGerman-Tunisian association football player (born 1983)
- Soufian BenyaminaGerman footballerborn 1990
- Sofian El FaniTunisian cinematographerborn 1974
- Sofian El MoudaneMoroccan and French footballerborn 1994
- Sofian AkouiliDutch footballerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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