Given name
Sophronia
“having great wisdom and foresight”
Sophronia is a variant of Sophie. One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom and foresight.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sophronia is a variant of Sophie. One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom and foresight.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sophronia is a variant of Sophie. An origin associated with Sophie is French.
Explained through its name family
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.
From dated birth records
Sophronia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,530
- 0 boys · 1,530 girls
- Most popular year
- 1900
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,711 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,711 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1900. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 444 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.
Sophronia’s family of names
Sophronia has a related form in Sophie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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