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Sofiia

The Ukrainian form of Zofia, carrying the same plain meaning: wisdom. Ukrainian keeps the doubled i that Polish smooths away. Almost unheard of here a decade ago, it has climbed fast and now sits inside the top 300, given to hundreds of girls a year.

Sofiia Pronunciation

Sofiia is pronounced SOFY-yah (/ˈsɔfjja/).

Alive in 2025
30,819
Newborns 2025
243
National rank
#237
Meaning & Origin

What Sofiia means

Where Sofiia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Sofiia is the Ukrainian form of a name whose meaning is plain: wisdom. Ukrainian keeps the doubled i that Polish smooths away. Cross the border and the same name settles into Zofia, with Zosia for daily use and Sofia standing close by as another variant.

In Kyiv the name has a landmark. Saint Sophia Cathedral, begun in the eleventh century, was raised in honour of Holy Wisdom, and it still stands at the centre of the old city. Any Sofiia born there shares her name with that building and with the wisdom it holds.

Read a Polish class register today and Sofiia may sit a few lines above Zofia. A teacher works down the list, and the two forms answer to one meaning, wisdom.

How many

How many people are named Sofiia

1 in 732 women in Poland is named Sofiia. 30,819 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #237 among female names.

Living Sofiias · 2019 → 2025
30,819 +29,109 since 2019
+647 2020
+784 2021
+1,481 2022
+21,257 2023
+2,646 2024
+2,294 2025
Trend

Sofiia's popularity over time

243 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #164 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2002.

243 newborn Sofiias in 2025
national rank #164 that year
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Regions

Where Sofiia is most popular

Sofiia is most popular in Lower Silesian, 132% above the national average (152 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+91%) and Lubusz (+40%). It is least common in Warmian-Masurian and Podlaskie, 93% and 85% below average respectively.

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Middle name

Sofiia as a middle name

Sofiia is a first name for 30,819 women in Poland and a middle name for another 52, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 947th, between Leticia (52) and Tiffany (52).

As a first name
30,819
As a middle name
52
first name · 100% middle name · 0%
Middle-name ranking · women

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