Zofia
One of the thirty most-given girls' names in Poland, and still handed out freely enough that most people know several. Slavic at root, it carries the sense of "wisdom".
Zofia Pronunciation
Zofia is pronounced ZOF-yah (/ˈzɔfja/).
What Zofia means
Where Zofia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zofia is the Polish form of a name that means wisdom. The word behind it is the Greek sophia, and Slavic speakers reshaped it to fit Polish tongues. Zofia. The diminutive Zosia does the daily work, the name a grandmother calls across a room, while older records keep the variant Zofija and the west spells it Sofie.
Poland remembers real women by the name. Zofia Holszańska, known as Sonka, became queen as the last wife of Władysław Jagiełło in 1422, and her sons founded a line of kings. Centuries later Mickiewicz gave the young Zosia of Pan Tadeusz the same name in its softer form.
Polish weather lore even keeps a Zośka. Farmers call the fifteenth of May zimna Zośka, the cold Zośka, a late frost named after the imieniny. The diminutive does daily duty, Zosia in the family and Zofia on the certificate, and the old sense holds under both: wisdom, the sophia that Slavic speech reshaped.
How many people are named Zofia
1 in 62 women in Poland is named Zofia. 364,884 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #28 among female names.
Zofia's popularity over time
4,415 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #7 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Zofia is most popular
Zofia is given fairly evenly across Poland, with no strong regional preference. It leans slightly toward Warmian-Masurian (18% above the national average) and is least common in Subcarpathian (14% below).
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Warmian-Masurian1,597 girls born+18%
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Masovian7,176 girls born+8%
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Greater Poland4,356 girls born+7%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2,157 girls born+5%
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Opole899 girls born+4%
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West Pomeranian1,661 girls born+4%
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Podlaskie1,282 girls born+3%
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Łódź2,433 girls born+2%
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Świętokrzyskie1,066 girls born+2%
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Lubusz937 girls born0%
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Pomeranian2,746 girls born−1%
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Lower Silesian2,788 girls born−6%
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Lublin1,794 girls born−7%
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Lesser Poland3,957 girls born−7%
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Silesian3,886 girls born−9%
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Subcarpathian1,954 girls born−14%
Zofia as a middle name
Zofia is a first name for 364,884 women in Poland and a middle name for another 265,565, a 58/42 split — almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 11th, between Agnieszka (275,512) and Krystyna (219,755).
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9
301,969Magdalena
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10
275,512Agnieszka
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11265,565Zofia
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12
219,755Krystyna
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13
199,782Joanna
When Zofia celebrates name day
Zofia appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 15 May.