The name Sophie stands for ‘the wise one’. It is derived from the Greek word ‘sophia’, which means ‘wisdom’. It is a popular name in many cultures and is associated with the idea of wisdom, intelligence, and enlightenment.
Sophie is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Sophie is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #79 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Sophie, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 115,157 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Sophie. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The name Sophie stands for ‘the wise one’. It is derived from the Greek word ‘sophia’, which means ‘wisdom’. It is a popular name in many cultures and is associated with the idea of wisdom, intelligence, and enlightenment.
Did you know... that in Greek mythology, Sophia was the goddess of wisdom and intelligence?
Sophie Marceau (*1966)
During her acting career, Sophie Marceau has appeared in over 50 films and is one of France's most famous and successful actresses. Her career began at the age of 14 when she was cast in the movie "La Boum" (1980). The movie was a huge success in France and made Marceau an overnight star. She also starred in the sequel "La Boum 2" (1982), which was also very successful. In the following years, Marceau appeared in a number of French and international films, including "L'Étudiante" (1988), "Braveheart" (1995) and "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), in which she took on the Bond girl role of Elektra King.
Sophie Turner (*1996)
Sophie Turner, now Sophie Jonas, is a British actress who was discovered at the age of 13 and got her first role in the television series "Game of Thrones" in 2011. In this series she played one of the main roles as Sansa Stark, a young noblewoman in a fictional medieval world. Turner has won several awards for her performance, including the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Empire Award. In addition to "Game of Thrones," Turner has appeared in other films and series, including "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016) as Jean Grey and "Survive" (2020) as Jane, a young woman struggling to survive in the wilderness.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (*1979)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor is known for her unique voice and catchy pop songs that combine elements of disco, electro-pop and dance music. She began her career in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. She released her debut album "Read My Lips" in 2001, which spawned several successful singles, including "Murder on the Dancefloor" and "Take Me Home". The album sold over 2 million copies worldwide and earned her several awards, including the BRIT Award for Best British Solo Artist. Ellis-Bextor is also known for her unique fashion and elegant appearance, often inspired by the looks of the 1960s and 1970s.
Sophie Scholl (1921 - 1943)
Sophie Scholl was a German resistance fighter against Nazism during World War II. Scholl studied at the University of Munich, where she became a member of the White Rose resistance group, which consisted of students and professors who distributed leaflets against the Nazi regime. On February 18, 1943, Scholl and her brother Hans were caught distributing leaflets and arrested. They were tried the same day and sentenced to death. On February 22, 1943, Sophie and Hans Scholl and their comrade-in-arms Christoph Probst were executed in Stadelheim prison in Munich.
When you hear the name Sophie, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Sophie? Are you also called Sophie? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
Sophie's Cliff is a prominent granite rock cliff on the Danco Coast of Grahamland in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula.
are a small group of rocky outcrops on the Danco Coast of Grahamland in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula.
was a Carola-class smooth deck corvette built for the Kaiserliche Marine in the early 1880s. The Sophie's namesake was Princess Sophie daughter of King William II of the Netherlands.
The village of Sophie is located in the parish of Cabaret, in the district of Arcahaie, in the department of Ouest in Haiti.
There were three ships of the British Royal Navy, which have borne the name Sophie: a merchantman (1782), a slaver (1798), and a cruizer-class brig-sloop (1809).
Sophie is the epitome of persistance. Every single year since first names have been registered in the United States, parents have come up with the idea of naming their daughter Sophie. This means that several girls and women named Sophie have witnessed major events such as the first Nobel Prize ceremony, the moon landing, the release of the first cell phone, or the turn of the millennium. The first name Sophie has reached its best rank of 49 several times, most recently in 2012. Moreover, the name has been in the top 100 numerous times. This makes Sophie one of the most popular names of all time.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Sophie was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Sophie will be Sophie. Like every other year, there were newborns named Sophie in 2022 – in fact 3,512 to be precise, confirming Sophie is still a very popular first name. In this most recent year for which US-wide statistics are available, the name ranked #62 among all girls‘ names. Incidentally, the least popular year for Sophie was 1976, when only 60 baby girls were named Sophie.
The name Sophie may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Sophie is apparently especially popular in Utah. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 565 women in Utah is called Sophie. In total, that’s 2,066 women who feel addressed when the name Sophie is shouted loudly across Utah and who ensure that their name makes it to #148 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Sophie as the answer a total of 115,157 times. This places Sophie at #297 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Sophie as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a very popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 9.3% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter A is more common for girls' names.
With six letters, the name Sophie is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.3% of all girls' names start with an S, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the girls' names that start with an S, Susan is the most common.
If your name is Sophie and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Sophie, you can simply say:
Sun
Orange
Pig
Hat
Igloo
Elephant
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Sophie
Sophie
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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P
H
I
E
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Sophie sounds like this:
