Zsófia
A Hungarian spelling of a Greek name, from sophía, "wisdom". Only around 46 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Zsófia Pronunciation
Zsófia is pronounced SSOOF-yah (/ˈssufja/).
What Zsófia means
Where Zsófia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zsófia comes from the Greek sophia, meaning wisdom. The spelling is Hungarian, marked by the accented ó and the soft zs at the front. Underneath sits the same name Polish uses every day: Zofia, the diminutive Zosia, and the variant Sofia.
The wisdom here is no later addition. Sophia meant wisdom in Greek before anyone wore it as a name. The great church in Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, takes the same word and means Holy Wisdom. So a child called Zsófia shares her root with a building that has stood since the sixth century.
Say it in a Polish school and it settles fast. On the class register she is Zsófia. To her friends she is Zosia within a week.
The Hungarian form travels, but the meaning holds. Zsófia is wisdom, spelled with an ó.
How many people are named Zsófia
1 in 490083 women in Poland is named Zsófia. 46 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5662 among female names.
Zsófia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Zsófia as a middle name
Zsófia is a first name for 46 women in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1955th, between Zohar (15) and Ładysława (15).
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#1953 Zoey15
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#1954 Zohar15
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#1955 Zsófia15
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#1956 Ładysława15
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#1957 Adaobi14