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-Luneburg (1628-1685), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway
Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), French balloonist
Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg (1759-1828), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia
Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feucheres ( 1795-1840), English baroness
Sophie Germain (1776-1831), French mathematician
Sophie Schroder (1781-1868), German actress
Sophie von La Roche (1730-1807), German author
Born 1790-1918
Sophie, Duchess of Alencon (1847-1897), wife of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alencon
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 Segur (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 Sooaar (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 Gregoire 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 Nelisse (born 2000), Canadian actress
Sophie Okonedo (born 1968), British actress
Sophie Petronin (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 Jidehem
Sophie Bergmann, from the video game Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shojo
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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