Sofía
The Spanish spelling of a Greek name for "wisdom", accented apart from the Polish Zofia. It barely registers here: most Poles have never met one, though it's climbing, with more girls given it last year than in any year before.
Sofía Pronunciation
Sofía is pronounced SOF-íah (/ˈsɔfía/).
What Sofía means
Where Sofía comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sofía comes from the Greek sophia, meaning wisdom. The accent marks it as Spanish, where it has ranked among the most common girls' names for many decades. That word named an idea before it named any child. Greek thinkers prized sophia, and early Christians raised the great church of Hagia Sophia, Holy Wisdom, in Constantinople.
Poland took the same root and spelled it Zofia. Zosia is the daily form. It is the name a teacher reads down a class register, and the one that returns each 15 May, when the imieniny of Zofia comes round.
The meaning stays fixed while the spelling travels. Greek gave the sense, wisdom. Spanish smoothed the ph to an f, and added the accent: sofía.
How many people are named Sofía
1 in 151301 women in Poland is named Sofía. 149 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2663 among female names.
Sofía's popularity over time
7 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #837 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020.
Where Sofía is most popular
Sofía is most popular in Pomeranian, 389% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+217%) and Masovian (+103%).
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Pomeranian2 girls born+389%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born+217%
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Masovian2 girls born+103%
Sofía as a middle name
Sofía is a first name for 149 women in Poland and a middle name for another 61, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 872nd, between Ludgarda (61) and Adolfa (60).
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#870 Ivy61
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#871 Ludgarda61
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#872 Sofía61
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#873 Adolfa60
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#874 Agatha60