Sophia
The English spelling of Zofia, from the Greek for "wisdom". Barely 2,000 Polish women carry it, yet it's climbing: more newborn girls got it last year than in years past, and every single bearer is female.
Sophia Pronunciation
What Sophia means
Where Sophia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sophia comes from the Greek word sophia, which means wisdom. In the early Christian world the word named a virtue before it named a person, and only later did it belong to a saint honoured in both East and West. Wisdom came first. The woman came after.
English speakers took to the name with real appetite. For years now Sophia has ranked among the most popular girls' names given in the United States, a modern favourite with an ancient root. English gave it the spelling with the ph and the soft ending.
In Poland the same name lives as Zofia, and the child who carries it is Zosia at home and in the school register. Zofia keeps her name-day on 15 May. Beneath every one of these forms sits the old Greek meaning: wisdom.
How many people are named Sophia
1 in 10466 women in Poland is named Sophia. 2,154 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #682 among female names.
Sophia's popularity over time
73 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #284 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Sophia is most popular
Sophia is most popular in Opole, 57% above the national average (11 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+55%) and Lubusz (+46%). It is least common in Lublin and Subcarpathian, 61% and 56% below average respectively.
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Opole11 girls born+57%
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Lower Silesian37 girls born+55%
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Lubusz11 girls born+46%
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Lesser Poland47 girls born+36%
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Silesian47 girls born+36%
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West Pomeranian15 girls born+17%
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Łódź21 girls born+9%
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Pomeranian23 girls born+3%
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Greater Poland31 girls born−5%
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Świętokrzyskie7 girls born−17%
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Masovian43 girls born−20%
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Warmian-Masurian8 girls born−27%
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Podlaskie5 girls born−50%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian8 girls born−52%
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Subcarpathian8 girls born−56%
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Lublin6 girls born−61%
Sophia as a middle name
Sophia is a first name for 2,154 women in Poland and a middle name for another 960, a 69/31 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 252nd, between Viktoria (964) and Miriam (948).
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250
975Gaja
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251
964Viktoria
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252960Sophia
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253
948Miriam
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254
934Angelina