Given name
Zsofia
“having great wisdom and foresight”·“wisdom”
Zsofia is a form of Sophia. Sophia means “wisdom” in Greek.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Zsofia carries the interpretation “having great wisdom and foresight.” Zsofia is a form of Sophia. Sophia means “wisdom” in Greek.
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Zsofia is used as a form of Sophia. Zsofia is a form of Sophia. The shared background comes through Sophia: Sophia uses the Greek noun sophia. That word also appears in the phrase Hagia Sophia, meaning “holy wisdom.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Zsofia is a form of 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.
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Zsofia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 0 boys · 142 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 15 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 8 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 307 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.
Zsofia’s family of names
Zsofia is a form of Sophia. Zsofia has a related form in Zsofi. Zsofia has a related form in Zsofiah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zsofia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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