Given name & surname · also French
Sophie
“having great wisdom and foresight”
Sophie is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom and foresight.”
Original GreekΣοφία
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom and foresight.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In English usage, Sophie is a diminutive of Sophia. In Filipino usage, Sophie developed from the Ancient Greek form Σοφία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Sophie has a related form in Sophia. The history of Sophia gives this family its wider story. Sophia became popular in England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Sophia also has literary and screen associations, including the heroine of Tom Jones and the actress Sophia Loren.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sophie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 138,694
- 117 boys · 138,577 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 4,741 babies
- 2025
- 3,984
- #55 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,984 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 55 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,732 in 2011. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (437). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 86,141 as a first name in 2020; 188 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sophie’s family of names
In English usage, Sophie is a diminutive of Sophia. In Filipino usage, Sophie developed from the Ancient Greek form Σοφία. Sophie has a related form in Sonia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sophie has relatives in 38 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Sophie comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Σοφίαroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- ZofiaPolish
- SofijaUpper Sorbian, Slovene
- SafiyeTurkish
- Soffiaalso known as · Swedish, Icelandic
- SufiaCorsican
- Zochwijaequivalent
- Софіяequivalent
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People named Sophie
- Catherine the Greateighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796)
- Sophie MarceauFrench actressborn 1966
- Sophie TurnerBritish actress (born 1996)
- Sophie GermainFrench mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)
- Sophie WilmèsBelgian politicianborn 1975
- Sophie MonkAustralian actor and singerborn 1979
- Sophie, Duchess of Hohenbergwife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1868–1914)
- Sophie Ellis-BextorBritish singer (born 1979)
- Sophie, Duchess of EdinburghBritish Royal, wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburghborn 1965
Characters named Sophie: Sophie Neveu (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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