Sofia

Greek

"wisdom"

Sofia Origin and Meaning

The name Sofia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "wisdom".

Sofia is a variation of the Greek name Sophia, which was derived directly from sophia, the Greek word for wisdom. It was the name of a Roman saint—the mother of Faith, Hope, and Charity—and queens of Russia and Spain.

Sofia is the elegant choice of several celebrities. Lisa Remini, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy all named their daughters Sofia.

The streamlined Sofia spelling is widely used throughout Europe, in Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The Disney Junior show Sofia The First gave Sofia an elegant, royal feel.

Variants and diminutives of the name include Sophie, Sofie, Sonia, Zosia and Vivi.

Sofia Rank in US Top 1000

# 12 in the US

Sofia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 317 on Nameberry

Sofia Popularity

• 12 US 2023
• 317 Nameberry 2024
• 9 Canada 2023
• 10 Future 2028
• 20 England 2022
• 21 Scotland 2023
• 29 Ireland 2023
• 31 Australia 2023
• 61 New Zealand 2023
• 34 France 2023
• 5 Germany 2020
• 27 Netherlands 2023
• 1 Italy 2022
• 2 Spain 2022
• 11 Portugal 2022
• 1 Mexico 2021
• 20 Brazil 2021
• 50 Sweden 2022
• 7 Norway 2023
• 6 Denmark 2023
• 5 Finland 2023
• 5 Belgium 2023
• 3 Switzerland 2023
• 40 Austria 2023
• 69 Poland 2023
• 59 Estonia 2023
• 20 Slovenia 2023
• 1 Chile 2021
• 95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 21 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Sofia

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Sofia.

• Sophia
• Sophie
• Isabella
• Mia
• Sara
• Lucia
• Isabel
• Sofie
• Sienna
• Olivia
• Eva
• Natalia
• Maria
• Zara
• Ella
• Alessandra
• Elena
• Mateo
• Valentina
• Emma

Famous People Named Sofia

• Sofía Margarita Victoria Federica Queen consort of Juan Carlos I of Spain
• Sofia Carmina Coppola American film director/producer
• Sofia Margarita Vergara Colombian actress
• Sofia Black D'Elia American actress
• Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva American actress
• Sofia Roma Rubino American actress
• Sofia Villani Scicolone birth name of Sophia Loren, Italian actress
• (Lena) Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson Swedish tennis player
• Sofia Milos Italian/Greek actress
• Sofia Carson (born Sofía Daccarett Char) American actress and singer
• Sofia Christine Huerta Mexican,American soccer player
• Sofia Boutella Algerian actress and dancer
• Sofiya "Sofia" Mykhaylivna Yevdokymenko Rotaru, Russian pop singer
• (Johanna) Sofia Blåsippa Karlsson Swedish folk singer,songwriter
• Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah Portuguese,American actress
• Sofia Kristina Hellqvist Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland
• Sofia Vilhelmiina Mäkkylä daughter of Miss Europe 1976 Ritta Väisänen and Erik Mäkkylä
• Sofia Richie daughter of singer Lionel Richie
• Sofia Princess of Bulgaria, daughter of Prince Konstantin,Assen of Vidin; twin of brother Umberto
• Sofia Grace Macy daughter of actors Felicity Huffman and William Macy
• Sofia Valastro daughter of baker and TV personality Buddy Valastro ("Cake Boss")
• Sofia Bella Pagan (b. 2004) daughter of actress Leah Remini and Angelo Pagan
• Sofia Nesta (b. 2006) daughter of footballer Alessandro Nesta
• Sofía de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz (b. 2007) Infanta of Spain; daughter of Felipe VI
• Sofia Bucur (b. 2007) daughter of singer Dana Nălbaru of HI,Q and actor Dragoş Bucur
• Sofia Clementina Handler (b. 2007) daughter of actor Evan Handler
• Sofia Diana Cousins (b. 2009) daughter of skaters Steven Cousins and Elena Berezhnaya
• Sofia de Souza (b. 2009) daughter of footballer Deco
• Sofia Kolokolnikova (b. 2011) daughter of actors Kseniya Rappoport and Yuri Kolokolnikov
• Sofia Altaba (b. 2012) daughter of socialite Chabeli Iglesias and Christian Altaba
• Sofia Vardy (b. 2014) daughter of footballer Jamie Vardy
• Sofia Maria Selby (b. 2014) daughter of snooker player Mark Selby
• Sofia Franchitti (b. 2015) daughter of racing driver Dario Franchitti
• Sofia Crespo Leung (b. 2015) daughter of singer Gigi Leung and Sergio Crespo Gutes
• Sofia Volya (b. 2015) daughter of actors Pavel Volya and Lyasan Utiasheva
• Sofia Rita Fusaro (b. 2016) daughter of rugby union player Chris Fusaro
• Sofia Steen (b. 2017) daughter of Norwegian singer JOWST
• Sofia Mechetner (b. 2000) Israeli fashion model and face of Dior
• Alexis Sofia Cuban daughter of businessman Mark Cuban
• Ella Sofia Gordon daughter of racing driver Jeff Gordon
• Lucia Sofia Ponti daughter of Edoardo Ponti and Sasha Alexander
• Sofia Conte (b. 2001) YouTuber and younger sister of Gabriel Conte.

Sofia in Pop Culture

• Sofia Angelica Herrera main female character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Undeniable Lust”.
• Sofia Johnson character in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple"
• Sofia Robbin Sloan Torres character on TV's "Grey´s Anatomy"
• Sofia Balthazar Princess of Enchancia, main character on animated series "Sofia the First"
• Sofia Constantinas character in Wonder Woman comics
• Sofia "Fia" Darke character in Elise Noble's Blackwood Security series
• Sofia Curtis character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
• Sofia Dupre character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
• Sofia Lamb character in video game BioShock 2
• "Sofia Petrovna " novel by Lydia Chukovskaya and its main character
• Sofia Sartor character in video game Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Sofia Rikkin character in the film "Assassin's Creed"
• Sofia Serrano character in film "Vanilla Sky"
• Sofia "Fifi" García character in "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
• Sofia Kowalski character in movie "The Ex"
• Sofia Flores main character in Danielle Vega's "The Merciless"
• Sofia Bjergsen character in video game The Sims 4
• Sofia Lombardi/Cristina Quadri main character from the Argentinian film "Captive"
• Sofia Bulgaria
• Sofia means princess royal gem
• Sofia Rodriguez character on TV's "Young & Hungry"