Sofija
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning wisdom; a form of Sophia.
Sofija by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Sofija. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Sophia
Like Sofija, each of these traces back to Sophia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Sonyawisdom; a form of Sophia135 in the US (2017)
- Sophyawisdom; a spelling variant of Sophia21 in the US (2017)
- Sophiyawisdom; a form of Sophia16 in the US (2017)
- Sophinawisdom; a form of Sophia15 in the US (2017)
- Sophiagracewisdom and grace; a compound of Sophia and Grace13 in the US (2017)
- Sophiahwisdom; a form of Sophia13 in the US (2017)
- Sophianawise woman; from Sophia11 in the US (2017)
- Sophywisdom; diminutive of Sophia10 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sofija. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sofiyawisdom; a form of sophia22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sofiiawisdom; a form of Sophia9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sofinawisdom; a form of Sophia7 in the US (2017)
- Soniawisdom; russian form of Sophia264 in the US (2017)
- Sofiewisdom; a form of Sophia160 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Sofija, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sagewise one1,669 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sofija
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