Sofie
Sofie is the Scandinavian and German spelling of the name Poland writes as Zofia, from the Greek for "wisdom". It stays rare here, well outside the top thousand, and most Poles have never met one: the few girls given it each year all arrived after 2008.
Sofie Pronunciation
Sofie is pronounced SOF-ye (/ˈsɔfjɛ/).
What Sofie means
Where Sofie comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sofie traces back to the Greek word sophia, meaning wisdom. Scandinavian and German families kept the form for centuries, and it moved across borders without losing its short vowels or its clean ending.
In Poland the same Greek root settled into a different shape and became Zofia. That variant brought its own household warmth. Zosia is the everyday diminutive, the version a child answers to when the teacher reads the class register. An older spelling, Zofija, still turns up in parish books.
The meaning has stayed near the surface. Wisdom never wandered off into a later gloss the way "pure" attached itself to some names long after their birth. A girl named Sofie carries the Greek word that philosophers once argued over, sophia, wisdom.
How many people are named Sofie
1 in 71568 women in Poland is named Sofie. 315 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1702 among female names.
Sofie's popularity over time
4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1146 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2007.
Where Sofie is most popular
Sofie is most popular in Silesian, 322% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+112%) and Masovian (+103%).
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Silesian4 girls born+322%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born+112%
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Masovian3 girls born+103%
Sofie as a middle name
Sofie is a first name for 315 women in Poland and a middle name for another 173, a 65/35 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 515th, between Rafaela (174) and Letycja (172).
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#513 Ester174
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#514 Rafaela174
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#515 Sofie173
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#516 Letycja172
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#517 Bianca171