Sophonie
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God is my watchfulness; a form of Zephaniah.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Sophonie by the numbers
Sophonie was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Zephaniah
Like Sophonie, each of these traces back to Zephaniah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sophonie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sophroniawise, prudent, self-controlled10 in the US (2017)
- Symphoniesounding together; harmony6 in the US (2017)
- Stephaniecrown; wreath; a form of Stephen1,126 in the US (2017)
- Stephenievariant of Stephanie; crowned with a wreath9 in the US (2017)
- Symphoni11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Sophonie, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sophonie
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