Sofija

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◐

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

• Latvian given name7.5K records spelled Sofija8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Lithuania, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Sofia, Sofiia, Sofía

• Czech given name518 records spelled Sofija4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, India, Slovakia, Serbia

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Sofiya

35 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●

Sofija 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 Latvian, Filozofijas jēdziens, kurš apzīmē zinātni, gudrību un augstākās pakāpes iemaņas, kas pilnā mērā pieejamas tikai dieviem, turpretī cilvēks var tikai pēc tām tiekties

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Bulgārijas Republikas galvaspilsēta, atrodas Sofijas ieplakā starp Stara Planinu un Vitošas masīvu 530-650 m vjl., 1281600 iedzīvotāju (2014. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, jūdaisma un kristietības mitoloģiskajā tradīcijā — gudrības dieviete; Vecajā Derībā viņa ir augstākās gudrības personifikācija

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 116 years between 1879–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sophia Alekseyevna of Russiab. 1657RUnot in their usual nameRussian tsarevna (1657–1704)
• Sofia Kovalevskaiab. 1850SEnot in their usual name19th-century Russian mathematician
• Sophia Parnokb. 1885RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer
• Sofia Yablonskab. 1907UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian travel writer, photographer
• Sofia Gubaidulinab. 1931RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian composer (1931–2025)
• Sofia Andrukhovychb. 1982UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian writer/translator
• Sofya Velikayab. 1985RUnot in their usual nameRussian fencer
• Sofya Skyab. 1987RUnot in their usual nameRussian ballet dancer and actor
• Sofia Mattssonb. 1989SEnot in their usual nameSwedish wrestler
• Sofya Lebedevab. 1993RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress

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 · 505 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sofija?

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

In which country does Sofija have the most bearers?

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

How common is Sofija compared with other names?

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

Is Sofija a male or female name?

Sofija 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 Sofija mean?

Recorded meaning: Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)