Sophie Forename
830th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,050,442 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Barthelemy
Sophie Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek σοφία ‘wisdom’, was first used as a christian name in England in the 17th C (cf. Alethea, Charis'. the youngest d. of James I, b. un 1607, who only lived for a day, was christened Sophia) and became common in the 18th C, being a favourite name with German royal families.
Read More About This ForenameSophie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 417,516 | 1:159 | 40 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 165,939 | 1:445 | 77 |
| England | 100% | 66,400 | 1:837 | 188 |
| Cambodia | 74% | 49,698 | 1:327 | 38 |
| United States | 100% | 32,451 | 1:11,172 | 1,159 |
| Belgium | 100% | 30,740 | 1:374 | 73 |
| South Africa | 100% | 27,675 | 1:1,970 | 318 |
| Germany | 100% | 20,803 | 1:4,647 | 490 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 18,705 | 1:1,155 | 234 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 18,440 | 1:1,281 | 300 |
| Canada | 100% | 18,313 | 1:1,809 | 384 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 14,371 | 1:1,176 | 261 |
| Australia | - | 11,798 | 1:1,158 | 241 |
| Senegal | 99% | 10,617 | 1:1,373 | 209 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9,414 | 1:1,052 | 342 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9,355 | 1:1,965 | 293 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9,131 | 1:900 | 198 |
| Malawi | 98% | 7,001 | 1:2,444 | 462 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 6,997 | 1:2,204 | 409 |
| Austria | 100% | 5,859 | 1:1,453 | 238 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5,731 | 1:7,147 | 804 |
| Brazil | 100% | 5,420 | 1:39,527 | 3,004 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,318 | 1:2,138 | 462 |
| Kenya | 100% | 5,002 | 1:9,258 | 1,205 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,624 | 1:21,099 | 2,739 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,267 | 1:16,420 | 2,378 |
| Benin | 100% | 4,239 | 1:2,495 | 540 |
| China | - | 3,499 | 1:390,413 | 23,408 |
| Morocco | - | 2,948 | 1:11,652 | 885 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,879 | 1:1,576 | 343 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,821 | 1:1,097 | 252 |
| Togo | - | 2,802 | 1:2,584 | 421 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,636 | 1:3,740 | 472 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2,493 | 1:9,256 | 1,019 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,099 | 1:8,088 | 707 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,039 | 1:6,669 | 1,038 |
| Egypt | 87% | 2,039 | 1:45,072 | 2,663 |
| Israel | 83% | 2,022 | 1:4,156 | 737 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,804 | 1:1,044 | 241 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,703 | 1:3,142 | 369 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,649 | 1:23,061 | 781 |
| Denmark | - | 1,570 | 1:3,598 | 485 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,343 | 1:34,646 | 1,654 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,236 | 1:4,053 | 641 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,156 | 1:153,602 | 7,337 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,150 | 1:235 | 35 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,116 | 1:7,305 | 766 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Ghana | - | 955 | 1:28,258 | 1,855 |
| Liberia | 98% | 919 | 1:4,801 | 577 |
| Portugal | - | 849 | 1:12,263 | 692 |
| Guinea | 100% | 832 | 1:14,253 | 856 |
| Botswana | 100% | 828 | 1:2,638 | 461 |
| Czechia | 100% | 799 | 1:13,337 | 488 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 781 | 1:722 | 164 |
| Ireland | 100% | 730 | 1:6,361 | 563 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 721 | 1:357,786 | 29,660 |
| Zambia | - | 661 | 1:23,986 | 1,948 |
| French Polynesia | - | 632 | 1:440 | 79 |
| Italy | 100% | 594 | 1:102,798 | 1,928 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 513 | 1:20,334 | 1,895 |
| Russia | 99% | 431 | 1:334,649 | 4,214 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Greece | 100% | 421 | 1:25,973 | 1,166 |
| Haiti | 100% | 418 | 1:25,663 | 2,005 |
| Philippines | 97% | 388 | 1:273,220 | 10,999 |
| India | 99% | 379 | 1:3,205,483 | 142,659 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 338 | 1:90,089 | 6,507 |
| Mauritius | - | 320 | 1:4,056 | 683 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| Hong Kong | - | 299 | 1:25,929 | 2,320 |
| Norway | 100% | 261 | 1:19,664 | 1,188 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 260 | 1:27,508 | 2,696 |
| Singapore | 100% | 256 | 1:24,559 | 4,250 |
| Qatar | 100% | 245 | 1:9,672 | 1,541 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Mexico | 100% | 182 | 1:682,112 | 6,632 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 175 | 1:175,923 | 4,261 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Guernsey | - | 167 | 1:379 | 96 |
| Japan | - | 166 | 1:771,000 | 13,486 |
| Niger | 100% | 163 | 1:117,693 | 4,126 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 158 | 1:334,103 | 11,143 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 151 | 1:12,206 | 826 |
| Monaco | 100% | 145 | 1:265 | 26 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 144 | 1:6,049 | 652 |
| South Korea | - | 138 | 1:40,177 | 2,975 |
| Chile | 100% | 126 | 1:139,740 | 3,056 |
| Finland | 100% | 108 | 1:50,770 | 1,722 |
| Oman | - | 101 | 1:40,680 | 2,379 |
| Malta | - | 97 | 1:4,426 | 628 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 93 | 1:103 | 31 |
| Vietnam | - | 93 | 1:995,947 | 2,646 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Hungary | 100% | 87 | 1:112,549 | 762 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 83 | 1:286,382 | 21,461 |
| Jersey | 100% | 82 | 1:1,219 | 263 |
| Brunei | - | 77 | 1:5,449 | 544 |
| Lesotho | 91% | 68 | 1:30,000 | 3,489 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 64 | 1:9,077 | 941 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 58 | 1:2,686 | 550 |
| Georgia | 100% | 53 | 1:70,537 | 2,991 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Guatemala | - | 47 | 1:342,733 | 3,797 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Ecuador | - | 44 | 1:402,885 | 4,840 |
| Tunisia | - | 42 | 1:16,117 | 1,318 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Peru | 100% | 32 | 1:993,483 | 13,322 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 28 | 1:1,078,639 | 22,683 |
| Laos | - | 25 | 1:263,474 | 265 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Guyana | 100% | 24 | 1:31,803 | 3,406 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 22 | 1:2,786 | 595 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 19 | 1:332 | 84 |
| Armenia | 100% | 18 | 1:162,153 | 3,260 |
| Turkey | 100% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Jordan | - | 17 | 1:519,222 | 3,906 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 17 | 1:144,633 | 3,357 |
| Ukraine | - | 17 | 1:2,676,465 | 6,045 |
| Panama | - | 16 | 1:244,160 | 8,726 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 14 | 1:2,704 | 368 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Jamaica | - | 13 | 1:221,787 | 7,032 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Macau | - | 11 | 1:55,292 | 585 |
| Namibia | - | 11 | 1:218,562 | 5,123 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Iran | - | 10 | 1:7,849,687 | 24,628 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Honduras | - | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Andorra | - | 8 | 1:10,361 | 626 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Nepal | - | 7 | 1:4,069,622 | 46,681 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Lebanon | - | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Serbia | - | 5 | 1:1,429,144 | 6,659 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Sophié (5) & Sóphie (1) are calculated separately.
Sophie (15,622) may also be a surname.
Sophie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Greek σοφία ‘wisdom’, was first used as a christian name in England in the 17th C (cf. Alethea, Charis'. the youngest d. of James I, b. un 1607, who only lived for a day, was christened Sophia) and became common in the 18th C, being a favourite name with German royal families. It went out of fashion in the 19th C. The French form, Sophie, is now sometimes used.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A diminutive of Sophia. Perhaps adopted from French Contrast Sorcha.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The French form of Sophia.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Greek name, meaning: Wisdom.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Sophie Forename Popularity
Sophie Demographics
Average Sophie Salary in
United States
$40,900 USD
Per year
Rank:
238,987 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00810359
Rank: 1,157 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
93.96%
Sample size: 16,333 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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