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Zsófia
Say it: ZHOH-fee-aw
Meaning
From Greek sophia 'wisdom'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in Hungary since the Middle Ages and among the most popular girls' names there in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 142 babies given this name since 1997
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 118,400 girls
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Zsófi
| English | Sophia |
|---|---|
| Italian | Sofia |
| French | Sophie |
| Polish | Zofia |
| Russian | Sofiya |
Famous bearers
- Zsófia Báthory, 17th-century Transylvanian noblewoman
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.