Sophia

Sophia meaning

Sophia is a Christian and international girl's name of Greek origin.

Wisdom; from Greek sophia

Sophia is the Greek word sophia, "wisdom". Strong's Concordance, which lists it as a New Testament word, gives it as wisdom of every kind, "higher or lower, worldly or spiritual", from sophos, wise. In Christian thought wisdom came to be seen as an attribute of God and of Christ, and the great church of Hagia Sophia, "Holy Wisdom", built in Constantinople in the sixth century under the emperor Justinian, takes its name from it. As a personal name Sophia is not found in the Bible, but it has long been used by Christians, and it gives the forms Sofia and Sophie. Name lists give "wisdom", as in the Greek. In India it is used in Christian families.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), Greek Dictionary of the New Testament, G4678 · entry sophia · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Strong's Greek 4678, sophia (Bible Hub) · Britannica, Hagia Sophia

Popularity abroad

• #5 United States, girls 2025 (up 1 from 6 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #13 England and Wales, girls 2025
  Office for National Statistics

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