Sofija
A variant of the more familiar Zofia, from the Greek for "wisdom". Most Poles have never met one, but it's climbing: more girls got the name last year than in years past, and it stays exclusively a girl's name.
Sofija Pronunciation
Sofija is pronounced so-FEE-yah (/sɔˈfija/).
What Sofija means
Where Sofija comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sofija begins in the Greek word sophia, wisdom. In Poland the common spelling is Zofia, with Sofia beside it and Zosia as the everyday diminutive. Sofija is one more variant of that single root, the Greek term for knowing how to live well.
Wisdom is the whole of it. In the early Christian centuries the name was tied to Saint Sophia, and the great church in Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, was dedicated to Holy Wisdom itself rather than to any woman who bore the name. The idea travelled before the spelling settled.
Read down a Polish class register and you might find a Zosia in one row, a Zofia in another, a Sofija among the newer entries. They answer to the same Greek word. Whatever form appears on the official druk at the urząd, the meaning underneath holds steady: mądrość, wisdom.
How many people are named Sofija
1 in 34576 women in Poland is named Sofija. 652 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1162 among female names.
Sofija's popularity over time
35 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #417 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2004.
Where Sofija is most popular
Sofija is most popular in Podlaskie, 145% above the national average (12 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+119%) and West Pomeranian (+107%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Łódź, 78% and 68% below average respectively.
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Podlaskie12 girls born+145%
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Pomeranian24 girls born+119%
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West Pomeranian13 girls born+107%
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Lubusz7 girls born+89%
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Warmian-Masurian10 girls born+87%
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Greater Poland21 girls born+31%
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Silesian18 girls born+6%
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Lower Silesian12 girls born+3%
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Masovian21 girls born−20%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian6 girls born−26%
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Lesser Poland10 girls born−41%
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Opole2 girls born−42%
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Łódź3 girls born−68%
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Subcarpathian2 girls born−78%
Sofija as a middle name
Sofija is a first name for 652 women in Poland and a middle name for another 68, a 91/9 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 820th, between Sharon (68) and Su (68).
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#818 Rivka68
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#819 Sharon68
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#820 Sofija68
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#821 Su68
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#822 Young68