Sofie

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sonia in BR Brazil, US United States, ES Spain and 5 more, Sofia in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, GR Greece and 4 more, Валентина in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and Valentina in CL Chile, CO Colombia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Sofie is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name14K records spelled Sofie4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Sofié

• Indonesian given name3.5K records spelled Sofie3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Sofie

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Sofie is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Sofie är en variantform av → Sofia, yngre i Sverige. Sophie är den franska och engelska stavningen.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, weibl. Vom. griechischen Ursprungs (griech. sophia »Weisheit«). Diesen Namen tragen zwei römische Märtyrerinnen: die heilige Sophia (3-/4. Jh.), genannt »die kalte

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Low German, Dutch, and Danish form of SOPHIA .

  as a word

• In German, a female given name, variant of Sophie or Sophia

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 92 years between 1896–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sofia of Minskb. 1141not in their usual nameDanish queen consort (1140-1198)
• Sophie von Braunschweig-Lüneburgb. 1563DEnot in their usual nameMargrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Duchess of Hunters Village
• Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelb. 1724DEnot in their usual nameDuchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld from 1764 to 1800
• Princess Sophie of Swedenb. 1801SEnot in their usual nameSwedish princess
• Sophie Menterb. 1846DEnot in their usual nameGerman musician (1846–1918)
• Asta Nielsenb. 1881DKnot in their usual nameDanish actress (1881-1972)
• Anne Sofie von Otterb. 1955SESwedish mezzo-soprano (born 1955)
• Sofie Grabolb. 1968DKDanish actress
• Malin Olssonb. 1982SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer, model and television presenter
• Lena Oberdorfb. 2001DEnot in their usual nameassociation football player (2001-)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 777 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sofie?

We estimate roughly 1.5 million people bear Sofie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Sofie have the most bearers?

Sofie is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled валентина.

How common is Sofie compared with other names?

In Russia, Sofie is the 17th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Sofie a male or female name?

Sofie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Sofie mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia