Sophie

Given name

For other uses, see Sophie (disambiguation).

SophieGender| feminine

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Language(s)| English, French, German, Dutch
Origin
Derivation| Sophia
Meaning| Wisdom
Other names
Alternative spelling| Sophy, Sofie
Nickname(s)| Soph

Sophie is a feminine given name, another version of Sophia, from the Greek word for "wisdom".

## People with the name

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### Born in the Middle Ages

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* 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 1600s and 1700s

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* Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729–1796), later Empress Catherine II of Russia
* Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628–1685), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway
* Sophie Blanchard (1778–1819), French balloonist
* Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia
* Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères (c. 1795–1840), English baroness
* Sophie Germain (1776–1831), French mathematician
* Sophie Piper (1757–1816), Swedish countess
* Sophie Schröder (1781–1868), German actress
* Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), German author
* Princess Sophie of Erbach-Erbach, (1725–1795), Princess consort of Nassau-Saarbrücken

### Born 1790–1918

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* Sophie, Duchess of Alencon (1847–1897), wife of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon
* 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 Ségur (1799–1874), Russian-French writer
* Sophie of Sweden (1801–1865), Grand Duchess of Baden
* Sophie von Hatzfeldt (1805–1881), German Worker's Rights Advocate, "The Red Countess"
* 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 Burdet (1882–?), French seamstress
* Sophie Chotek (1868–1914), wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, also assassinated
* Sophie Daguin (1801–1881), French ballerina
* Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), French-British artist
* Sophie Kerr (1880–1965), American author
* Sophie Ley (1849–1918), German painter
* Sophie Masloff (1917–2014), mayor of Pittsburgh
* Sophie Mannerheim (1863–1928), Finnish nurse
* Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?), English writer
* Sophie Pemberton (1869–1950), Canadian painter
* Sophie Rostopchine (1799–1874), French writer
* Sophie Schulz (1905–1975), Austrian politician
* Sophie Sooäär (1914–1996), Estonian actress
* Sophie Tucker (1887–1966), American entertainer
* Sophie Treadwell (1885–1970), American writer

### Born after 1918

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* 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, Duchess of Edinburgh (born 1965), British wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
* 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 Albert (born 1990), Filipino actress
* Sophie Aldred (born 1962), British actress
* Sophie Anderson (1987–2023), English adult actress & internet personality
* 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 (born 1970), Australian artist and author
* Sophie Body-Gendrot (1942–2018), French political scientist, criminologist and sociologist
* 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), Luxembourgish actress
* Sophie Carrigill (born 1994), British wheelchair basketball player
* Sophie Casey (born 1991), Australian footballer
* Sophie Choudry (born 1982), Indian singer and VJ
* Sophie Clarke (born 1989), American reality TV personality
* Sophie Colquhoun (born 1989), English actress
* Sophie Crumb (born 1981), American-French comics artist
* Sophie Dahl (born 1977), English fashion model and author
* Sophie Delila (born 1983), French singer-songwriter
* Sophie Elliott (1985–2008), New Zealand murder victim
* 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 Goyette, Canadian film director and screenwriter
* Sophie Grégoire 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 Hediger (1998–2024), Swiss snowboarder
* Sophie Hopkins (born 1990), British actress
* Sophie Huet (1953–2017), French journalist
* Sophie Jaques (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
* Sophie Kinsella (born 1969), British writer
* Sophie Kumpen (born 1974), Belgian former karting driver
* Sophie Labelle (born 1988), Canadian cartoonist and transgender rights activist
* Sophie Lancaster (1986–2007), British murder victim
* Sophie Lawrence (born 1972), British actress
* Sophie Lee (born 1968), Australian actress
* Sophie Khan Levy (born 1989), English actress
* 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 Nélisse (born 2000), Canadian actress
* Sophie Okonedo (born 1968), British actress
* Sophie O'Sullivan (born 2001) Irish-Australian athlete
* Sophie Pétronin (born 1945), French-Swiss humanitarian and aid worker
* Sophie Podolski (1953–1974), Belgian poet and graphic artist
* Sophie Porley (born 1992), British actress
* Sophie Postel-Vinay, French physician and oncology researcher
* Sophie Price (born 1989), British glamour model
* Sophie Raworth (born 1968), British television presenter
* Sophie Roberts, theatre director
* Sophie Rundle (born 1988), English actress
* Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), executed German member of the WWII White Rose resistance
* Sophie Tassignon (born 1980), Belgian jazz singer-songwriter and improvisational singer
* Sophie Thompson (born 1962), British actress
* Sophie Turner (born 1996), English actress
* Sophie Vavasseur (born 1992), Irish actress
* Sophie Ward (born 1964), British actress
* Sophie Willan (born 1987/88), British comedian
* Sophie Williams (born 1991), British Olympic fencer
* Sophie Wilson (born 1957), British computer scientist
* Sophie Winkleman (born 1980), British actress
* Sophie Xeon (1986–2021), known mononymously as SOPHIE, English electronic music producer
* Sophie Zelmani (born 1972), Swedish singer-songwriter

## Fictional characters

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* Sophie, from the film Aftersun
* Sophie, from the Don Bluth film Anastasia
* Sophie, from the book The BFG and the films The BFG 1989 and The BFG (2016)
* Sophie, from the book series by Dick King-Smith
* Sophie, from the film Bodies Bodies Bodies
* Sophie, a minor character from the Doctor Who episode "The Lodger"
* Sophie, coworker of Rachel in season 3 of TV series Friends
* Sophie, from the television series In Treatment
* Sophie, a Belgian comics series by Jidéhem
* Sophie, from the film Mamma Mia! and its sequel
* Sophie, from the film Portrait of a Lady on Fire
* Sophie the Sapphire Fairy, from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
* Sophie of Woods Beyond, a main character in the book series The School For Good And Evil
* Sophie, from the video game Tales of Graces
* Sophie Bennett, from the DreamWorks Animation film Rise of the Guardians
* Sophie Bergmann, from the video game Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shōjo
* Sophie Burton, from the television series Hollyoaks
* Sophie Chapman, from the television series Peep Show
* Sophie Charalambos, from the television series Stath Lets Flats
* Sophie Devereaux, grifter in TNT's Leverage TV series
* Sophie Dumond, from the film Joker (2019 film)
* Sophie Elizabeth Foster, main character of Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
* Sophie von Faninal, from the opera Der Rosenkavalier
* Sofie Fatale, from the film Kill Bill: Volume 1
* Sophie Green, from the sixth season of the television series American Horror Story
* Sophie Hatter, main character of Howl's Moving Castle
* Sophie Jones (disambiguation) § Fictional characters
* Sophie Kachinsky, from the television series 2 Broke Girls
* Sophie King, from the film Cyberbully
* Sophie Kowalsky, main character in the movie Love Me If You Dare, played by Marion Cotillard
* Sophie Lennon, from the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
* Sophie Martinez, from the television series Cory in the House
* Sophie Neuenmuller, from Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book and its sequel
* Sophie Neveu, heroine of The Da Vinci Code
* Sophie Newman, main character of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
* Sophie One and Other Sophie, from the television series The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
* Sophie Richards, from the video game The House of the Dead
* Sophie Sanders, from Bunsen Is a Beast
* Sophie Simpson, from the television series Home and Away
* Sophie Song, from the television series Peacemaker
* Sophie Twilight, from Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood
* Sophie Webster, from the soap opera Coronation Street
* Sophie Zawistowska, from the novel and film Sophie's Choice

## See also

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* Sophy
* Sophia (given name), includes Sofia

## References

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