Zofiia
A rare spelling of Zofia, carrying the same Greek root, sophía, "wisdom". Only about 55 Polish women use this exact form, few enough that most people here have never met one.
Zofiia Pronunciation
Zofiia is pronounced ZOFY-yah (/ˈzɔfjja/).
What Zofiia means
Where Zofiia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zofia comes from the Greek word sophia, wisdom. The spelling zofiia is a rare variant of Zofia, the standard Polish form, and both mean mądrość in Polish. The same Greek root gave us philosophy, the love of wisdom.
The name reached Poland with Christianity, carried by Saint Sophia, whose feast falls on 15 May. Polish calendars still mark Zofia's imieniny that day. In a school register you might find a Zofia sitting next to a Zosia, the warm diminutive that turns the formal name into something everyday.
Zosia is also literary. In Mickiewicz's Pan Tadeusz, Zosia is the young heroine, and many Polish readers met the name there first.
The meaning has stayed close to the root. Sophia meant wisdom in Greek, and Zofia keeps that sense plainly. A girl named Zofia holds a word older than the Polish language, softened into Zosia at home and written Zofia on every official form.
How many people are named Zofiia
1 in 409888 women in Poland is named Zofiia. 55 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5049 among female names.