Sophie

**Sophie** is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wisdom". Sophie is a name of Greek origin, derived from the word “sophia” which means “wisdom”. It is a popular name for girls, and is often seen as a symbol of intelligence and knowledge. The name is also associated with the goddess of wisdom, Sophia. The pronunciation of the name is [ **soh**-fee ]. This name was ranked #76 on the US Popular Names in 2021.  

## People with the name
### Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224–1275), second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier

### Born in the early modern period
* Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729–1796), later Empress Catherine II of Russia
* Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628–1685), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway
* Sophie Blanchard (1778–1819), French balloonist
* Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia
* Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères ( 1795–1840), English baroness
* Sophie Germain (1776–1831), French mathematician
* Sophie Schröder (1781–1868), German actress
* Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), German author

### Born 1790&ndash;1918
* Sophie, Duchess of Alencon (1847–1897), wife of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon
* Sophie, Archduchess of Austria (1855–1857), first child of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, and Elisabeth of Bavaria
* Sophie of Bavaria (1805–1872), mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
* Sophie, Countess of Ségur (1799–1874), Russian-French writer
* Sophie of Sweden (1801–1865), Grand Duchess of Baden
* Sophie Adelheid, Duchess in Bavaria (1875–1957), German nobility
* Sophie Adlersparre (1823–1895), Swedish women's rights activist
* Sophie Atkinson (1876–1972), English painter
* Sophie Bledsoe Aberle (1896–1996), American anthropologist
* Sophie Braslau (1892–1935), American contralto
* Sophie Daguin (1801-1881), French ballerina
* Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), French-British artist
* Sophy Gray (architect) (1814–1871), British administrator and architect
* Sophie Kerr (1880-1965), American author
* Sophie Masloff (1917-2014), mayor of Pittsburgh
* Sophie Mannerheim (1863–1928), Finnish nurse
* Sophie Pemberton (1869-1950), Canadian painter
* Sophie Rostopchine (1799-1874), French writer
* Sophie Sooäär (1914–1996), Estonian actress 
* Sophie Tucker (1887-1966), American entertainer
* Sophie Treadwell (1885-1970), American writer
* Sophie von Hohenberg (1901–1990), Austrian aristocrat

### Born after 1918
* Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein (born 1967), German member of the House of Wittelsbach by birth
* Sophie Bradley (born 1994), English footballer 
* Sophie, Princess of Prussia (born 1978), wife of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, head of the House of Hohenzollern
* Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz (born 1959), Austrian member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine by birth and the Austrian House of Windisch-Graetz by marriage
* Sophie, Countess of Wessex (born 1965), British wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
* Sophie Abelson (born 1986), English actress
* Sophie Adriansen (born 1982), French writer
* Sophie Aguie (born 1996), Ivorian footballer
* Sophie Ainsworth (born 1989), British sailor 
* Sophie Aldred (born 1962), British actress
* Sophie Anderton (born 1977), English model
* Sophie Aston (born 1970), British painter
* Sophie Auconie (born 1963), French politician
* Sophie Auster (born 1987), American singer-songwriter and actress
* Sophie Austin (born 1984), English actress
* Sophie Baggaley (born 1996), English footballer
* Sophie Barjac (born 1957), French actress
* Sophie Barker (born 1971), English singer
* Sophie Barker (footballer) (born 1990), English footballer 
* Sophie Barthes (born 1974), French-American film director
* Sophie Beem (born 1999), American singer
* Sophie Bellon (born 1961), French businesswoman
* Sophie Bennett (born 1989), Canadian singer
* Sophie Berge (born 1964), French yacht racer
* Sophie Bevan (born 1983), British soprano
* Sophie Bissonnette (born 1964), French-Canadian director
* Sophie Black (born 1958), American prize-winning poet
* Sophie Blackall, Australian artist 
* Sophie Blake (born 1977), British television presenter
* Sophie de Boer (born 1990), Dutch racing cyclist
* Sophie Boilley (born 1989), French biathlete
* Sophie Bouillon (born 1984), French independent journalist
* Sophie Bould (born 1982), British theatre actress
* Sophie Bradley-Auckland (born 1989), English footballer
* Sophie Bray (born 1990), English international field hockey player 
* Sophie Brown (badminton) (born 1993), English badminton player
* Sophie Bruehmann (born 1995), German female acrobatic gymnast
* Sophie Byrne, Australian filmmaker
* Sophie Cadieux (born 1977), Quebec actress
* Sophie Caldwell (born 1990), American cross-country skier
* Sophie Calle (born 1953), French artist
* Sophie Campbell, American comic artist
* Sophie Carle (born 1964), Luxembourgian actress
* Sophie Carrigill (born 1994), British wheelchair basketball player
* Sophie Casey (born 1991), Australian footballer
* Sophie Choudry (born 1982), Indian singer and VJ
* Sophie Colquhoun (born 1989), English actress
* Sophie Crumb (b. 1981), American-French comics artist
* Sophie Dahl (born 1977), English fashion model and author
* Sophie Delila (born 1983), French singer-songwriter
* Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 1979), British singer
* Sophie Evans (born 1993), British actress and singer
* Sophie Gradon (1985–2018), English model and marketing manager
* Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (born 1975), Canadian model and television host, wife of Justin Trudeau
* Sophie Grigson (born 1959), British cookery writer
* Sophie Hannah (born 1971), British writer
* Sophie B. Hawkins (born 1964), American singer-songwriter
* Sophie Hecquet (1944–2012), French singer, actress and presenter
* Sophie Hopkins (born 1990), British actress
* Sophie Huet (1953–2017), French journalist
* Sophie Kinsella (born 1969), British writer
* Sophie Lancaster (1986–2007), British murder victim
* Sophie Lawrence (born 1972), British actress
* Sophie Lee (born 1968), Australian actress
* Sophie Ley (1849-1918), German painter
* Sophie Marceau (born 1966), French actress
* Sophie McShera (born 1985), English actress
* Sophie Moleta (born 1969), New Zealand singer-songwriter
* Sophie Molineux (born 1998), Australian cricketer
* Sophie Monk (born 1979), Australian singer
* Sophie Muller (born 1962), British music video director
* Sophie Nélisse (born 2000), Canadian actress
* Sophie Okonedo (born 1968), British actress
* Sophie Pétronin (born 1945), French-Swiss humanitarian and aid worker
* Sophie Price (born 1989), British glamour model
* Sophie Porley (born 1987), British actress
* Sophie Raworth (born 1968), British television presenter
* Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), executed German member of the WWII White Rose resistance
* Sophie Thompson (born 1962), British actress
* Sophie Turner (born 1996), British actress
* Sophie Vavasseur (born 1992), Irish actress
* Sophie Ward (born 1964), British actress
* Sophie Willan (born 1987/88), British comedian
* Sophie Wilson (born 1957), British computer scientist
* Sophie Winkleman (born 1980), British actress
* Sophie Xeon (1986–2021), known mononymously as SOPHIE, Scottish electronic music producer
* Sophie Zelmani (born 1972), Swedish singer-songwriter

## Fictional characters
* Sofie Fatale, from the film *Kill Bill*
* Sophie, from the book *The BFG* and the films *The BFG (1989)* and *The BFG (2016)*
* Sophie, a Belgian comics series by Jidéhem
* Sophie Bergmann, from the video game *Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shōjo*
* Sophie Burton, from the TV series *Hollyoaks*
* Sophie Devereaux, grifter in TNT's *Leverage*
* Sophie von Faninal, from the opera *Der Rosenkavalier*
* Sophie Hatter, main character of ''Howl's Moving Castle*
* Sophie Kowalsky, main character in the movie *Love Me If You Dare*, played by Marion Cotillard
* Sophie Martinez in the TV series *Cory in the House*
* Sophie Neveu, heroine of *The Da Vinci Code*
* Sophie Newman, main character of *The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel*
* Sophie Sanders, from *Bunsen Is a Beast*
* Sophie Simpson, in the TV series *Home and Away*
* Sophie Webster, in the soap opera *Coronation Street*
* Sophie Zawistowska, in the novel and film *Sophie's Choice*
* Sophie King, in the film *Cyberbully*
* Sophie Neuenmuller, from *Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book* and its sequel
* Sophie, from *Tales of Graces*
* Sophie of Woods Beyond, a main character in the book series *The School For Good And Evil*
* Sophie, from *In Treatment*
* Sophie, a minor character from the *Doctor Who* episode "The Lodger"
* Sophie, from *Mamma Mia!*
* Sophie Twilight, from *Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood*
* Sophie Kachinsky, in the TV series *2 Broke Girls*
* Sophie Elizabeth Foster, from *Keeper of the Lost Cities* by Shannon Messenger
* Sophie the Sapphire Fairy, from the *Rainbow Magic* book franchise
* Sophie Dumond, in *Joker'' (2019 movie)

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