Meaning of the nameSofia
- Female
- Greek origin
- So-fi-a
Sofia is a female name of Greek origin, from sophía, 'wisdom', and it reached Portuguese through Latin.
Meaning
“wisdom”
Source: Wiktionary: Sophia · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sofia · Behind the Name: Sophia
- People (2022)
- 287,227
- Rank in Brazil
- #105
- Median age
- 7 years
- 2010 Census
- 74,888
- people
Sofia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Sofia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (178,831 people).
285,593 women 1,634 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Sofia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Sofia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Distrito Federal 0.197%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.174%
- Santa Catarina 0.171%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.170%
- Minas Gerais 0.169%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 67,050 | 0.151% |
| Minas Gerais | 34,721 | 0.169% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 25,695 | 0.160% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 18,453 | 0.170% |
| Paraná | 18,073 | 0.158% |
| Bahia | 17,692 | 0.125% |
| Santa Catarina | 13,007 | 0.171% |
| Goiás | 10,731 | 0.152% |
| Pernambuco | 9,690 | 0.107% |
| Pará | 9,273 | 0.114% |
| Ceará | 7,267 | 0.083% |
| Espírito Santo | 6,349 | 0.166% |
| Mato Grosso | 5,962 | 0.163% |
| Maranhão | 5,878 | 0.087% |
| Distrito Federal | 5,560 | 0.197% |
| Amazonas | 5,498 | 0.140% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 4,805 | 0.174% |
| Paraíba | 3,533 | 0.089% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 3,129 | 0.095% |
| Alagoas | 3,016 | 0.096% |
| Rondônia | 2,595 | 0.164% |
| Piauí | 2,422 | 0.074% |
| Tocantins | 2,216 | 0.147% |
| Sergipe | 1,998 | 0.090% |
| Roraima | 1,014 | 0.159% |
| Acre | 969 | 0.117% |
| Amapá | 631 | 0.086% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Sofia
Sofia comes from the Ancient Greek σοφία, 'wisdom'; Wiktionary, in the entry Sophia, explains that the name refers above all to holy or divine wisdom. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), says that Sofia comes from the Greek Sophia, 'science, wisdom', through the Latin Sophia, and records Sophia and Sofhia as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 516,683 people across the three spellings in the group, 287,227 of them as Sofia. Proportionally, Sofia is most common in the Distrito Federal.
Portuguese spelling, with F, and the most common in the group.
Other spellings of Sofia
Sources
- Wiktionary: Sofia · en.wiktionary.org · usage
- Wiktionary: Sophia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sofia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Behind the Name: Sophia · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Sofia
What does the name Sofia mean?
Sofia means “wisdom”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Sofia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 287,227 people with the first name Sofia, which ranks it number 105 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Sofia a boy's or a girl's name?
Sofia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 285,593 women and 1,634 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Sofia?
Sofia is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Sofia most common?
Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.197% of the state's population is named Sofia (5,560 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Sofia?
Sophia and Sofhia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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