Sophie

For other uses, see Sophie (disambiguation).

Sophie

Gender	feminine
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

Born in the Middle Ages

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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, Australian artist
• Sophie de Boer (born 1990), Dutch racing cyclist
• Sophie Body-Gendrot (1942–2018), French political scientist, criminologist and sociologist
• 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 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 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, Scottish electronic music producer
• Sophie Zelmani (born 1972), Swedish singer-songwriter

Fictional characters

• 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 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

• Sophy
• Sophia (given name), includes Sofia