Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sophonie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sophonie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 166
- 0 boys · 166 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 13 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 girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 417 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.
Sophonie’s family of names
In French usage, Sophonie has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form SEFANJA. In French usage, Sophonie has a conventional equivalent in the German form Zephanja. In French usage, Sophonie has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Софония.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sophonie has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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