Sophie
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Sophie is the French version of Sophia, meaning “wisdom.” A namesake is Sophie Scholl, who co-founded the White Rose resistance against the Nazis and was executed at twenty-one.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
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Usage of Sophie in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Sophie against each list of names.
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Sophie is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Sophie in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 3,984 girls were named Sophie, making it the #55 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 138,577 girls have been named Sophie, with the most (4,732) in 2011. It is most common, relative to births, in Wyoming, Washington, D.C. and South Dakota.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Sophie in other languages
- Sofia Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
- Sofija Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian
- Sofía Icelandic, Spanish
- Sophia Dutch, German
- Zofia Polish, Slovenian
- Soffía Icelandic
- Sofie Dutch
- Szófia Hungarian
- Zsófia Hungarian
Sophie name days
- May 25 France
- November 29 Norway
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Sophie
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Sophie, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone Sophie (Category 1) | 1971 | South Indian Ocean | 130 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Sophie
There are 7 towns and villages with Sophie in their name, in 6 countries.
🇭🇹 Haiti 2🇨🇦 Canada 1🇫🇷 France 1🇬🇫 French Guiana 1🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | 1,634 | Map |
| Sainte-Sophie | 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | – | Map |
| Sophie | Guyane, 🇬🇫 French Guiana | – | Map |
| Sophie | Ouest, 🇭🇹 Haiti | – | Map |
| Sophie | Sud-Est, 🇭🇹 Haiti | – | Map |
| Sophie Acres | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Verrerie Sophie | Grand Est, 🇫🇷 France | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Sophie
There are 10 lakes and reservoirs with Sophie in their name, in 3 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 8🇦🇺 Australia 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | |
|---|---|---|
| Lac Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Sophie | Tasmania, 🇦🇺 Australia | Map |
| Sophie Lake | Montana, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lac Sainte-Sophie | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Sophie songs
9 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Sophie in their title. The best known:
- Song for Sophie (I Hope She Flies) – Aura Dione (2010)
- Revolution (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song) (2012)
- Sophie
- Sophie – Goodshirt (2002)
- La Sophie for keyboard in B-flat major – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Sophie’s Danse – Hank Hehmsoth
- Sånger och Visor vid Pianoforte. 3:dje delen. 67. Till Sophie – Adolf Fredrik Lindblad
- Sånger och Visor vid Pianoforte. Efterlemnade Sånger. [207]. Till Fru Sophie d'Ailly född Jennings – Adolf Fredrik Lindblad
- Till Sophie. Vid dess inträde i Verlden – Johan Fredrik Palm
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Sophie
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Sophie.
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Fictional characters named Sophie
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Sophie as a pet name
FurryName has found 3,376 dogs named Sophie in public pet registers, making it the #32 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Vancouver (44), Richmond (27), Tacoma (19). Sophie as a dog name →
FurryName has found 89 cats named Sophie in public pet registers, making it the #47 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (27), Tacoma (8), Golden Plains Shire (4). Sophie as a cat name →
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