Sophronia

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning wise, prudent, self-controlled.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sophronia by the numbers

Sophronia was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 1900, making it a 1900s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • SophonieGod is my watchfulness; a form of Zephaniah7 in the US (2017)
  • Sophianawise woman; from Sophia11 in the US (2017)
  • Sophiannawisdom; a form of sophia with anna suffix6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean wisdom

Like Sophronia, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
  • Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
  • 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)

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