Sophira

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sophira by the numbers

Sophira was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Sophira

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sophira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
  • Saphirasapphire; precious blue stone; a form of Sapphira141 in the US (2017)
  • Sophiyawisdom; a form of Sophia16 in the US (2017)
  • Sophinawisdom; a form of Sophia15 in the US (2017)
  • Sephirasphere or emanation in kabbalah8 in the US (2017)
  • Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)

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