Entry № 11994 · Polish origin

Zofia Zofia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ZOH-fyah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Polish
Meaning
"Wisdom"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Polish)

A name that means "wisdom".

Zofia is the Polish form of Sophia, from the Greek for wisdom — one of the most graceful and enduring of all names.

Wise and lovely, Zofia is Sophia dressed in Polish charm.

Wisdom — a beloved Polish Sophia.

The name in its native script.

Zofia
Transliteration
Zofia
Pronunciation
/ ˈzoʊ.fjə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Zofia stands.

Zofia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Zofias before her.

Real people
Zofia Nałkowska
Polish novelist.
1884 – 1954
In fiction
Zofia
Common in Polish fiction.

Names connected to Zofia.

The number behind Zofia.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Zofia reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.