{{Short description|Given name}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox given name | name = Sophie | image = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = feminine | meaning = Wisdom | derivation = Sophia | language = English, French, German, Dutch | origin = | alternative spelling = Sophy, Sofie | nickname = Soph | variant forms = | related names = | seealso = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }} '''Sophie''' is a feminine given name, 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 ({{circa}} 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 Burdet (1882–?), French seamstress * Sophie Chotek (1868–1914), wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, also assassinated * Sophie Daguin (1801–1881), French ballerina * Sophie Drinker (1888-1967), American musicologist * 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 (1854–1937), English writer * Sophie Pemberton (1869–1950), Canadian painter * Sophie Rogge-Börner (1878–1955), German writer, feminist and nationalist * Sophie Rostopchine (1799–1874), French writer * Sophie Schulz (1905–1975), Austrian politician * Sophie Scott, Pseudonym of a German inventor * Sophie Sooäär (1914–1996), Estonian actress * Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), Swiss Painter * 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, 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 Ainsworth (born 1989), British sailor * Sophie Alakija (born 1993), Nigerian actress and model * Sophie Albert (born 1990), Filipino actress and television personality * Sophie Aldred (born 1962), English actress and television presenter * Sophie Anderton (born 1977), English model * Sophie Auconie (born 1963), French politician * Sophie Auster (born 1987), American actress, singer, and songwriter * Sophie Austin (born 1984), English actress * Sophie Baggaley (born 1996), English soccer player * Sophie Balmary (born 1979), French rower * Sophie Barjac (born 1957), French actress * Sophie Barthes (born 1974), French–American filmmaker * Sophie Beem (born 1999), American singer * Sophie Bellon (born 1961), French businesswoman * Sophie Bennett (born 1989), Canadian actress, dancer, director, producer, singer, and project manager * Sophie Berge (born 1964), French yacht racer * Sophie Bevan (born 1983), British soprano * Sophie Bissonnette (born 1956), Canadian filmmaker * Sophie Black (born 1958), American 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 journalist * Sophie Bould (born 1982), English actress * Sophie Bradley (born 1994), English soccer player * Sophie Bradley-Auckland (born 1989), English soccer player * Sophie Bray (born 1990), English field hockey player * Sophie Brochu (born 1963), Canadian economist and businesswoman * Sophie Bruehmann (born 1995), German acrobatic gymnast * Sophie Brunner (born 1995), American basketball player * Sophie Byrne, Australian filmmaker * Sophie Cadieux (born 1977), Canadian 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 soccer player * Sophie Castillo (born 1998/1999), British indie pop singer-songwriter * Sophie Chatel, Canadian politician * Sophie Choudry (born 1982), Indian–English actress and singer * Sophie Clarke (born 1989), American television personality * Sophie Colquhoun (born 1989), English actress * Sophie Cookson (born 1990), English actress * Sophie Crane (born 2002), Canadian rhythmic gymnast * Sophie Creux (born 1981), French road cyclist * Sophie Crumb (born 1981), American–French comics artist * Sophie Dahl (born 1977), English author and fashion model * Sophie Daneman (born 1968), British soprano * Sophie Daumier (1934–2003), French actress * Sophie Delila (born 1983), French singer, songwriter, and record producer * Sophie Deraspe (born 1973), Canadian filmmaker and producer * Sophie Divry (born 1979), French writer * Sophie Ecclestone (born 1999), English cricketer * Sophie Elgort (born 1986), American photographer * Sophie Elizéon (born 1970), French civil servant * Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 1979), English singer and songwriter * Sophie Errante (born 1971), French politician * Sophie Falkiner (born 1973), Australian television presenter * Sophie Fayad (born 2004), Lebanese soccer player * Sophie Ferguson (born 1986), Australian tennis player * Sophie Ferracci (born 1976), French lawyer * Sophie Fiennes (born 1967), English filmmaker * Sophie Fillières (1964–2023), French filmmaker * Sophie Fisher (born 1998), New Zealand rugby union player * Sophie Flack (born 1983), American author and journalist * Sophie Francis (born 1998), Dutch musician, disk jockey, and record producer * Sophie Freud (1924–2022), Austrian–American author, educator, and psychologist * Sophie Galibert, French filmmaker * Sophie Garbin (born 1997), Australian netball player * Sophie Garénaux (born 1990/91), French beauty queen and model * Sophie Gendron, Canadian actress * Sophie Georges (born 1977), French tennis player * Sophie Godfrey (born 1987), Australian volleyball player * Sophie Goyette, Canadian filmmaker * Sophie Gradon (1985–2018), English model and marketing manager * Sophie Green (born 1992), English artist * Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (born 1975), Canadian television host, wife of Justin Trudeau * Sophie Grigson (born 1959), British cookery writer * Sophie Guillemin (born 1977), French actress * Sophie Gurney (1919–2011), English artist * Sophie Gustafson (born 1973), Swedish golfer * Sophie Hackett (born 1971), Canadian curator * Sophie Hahn (born 1997), English Paralympic athlete * Sophie Hannah (born 1971), British writer * Sophie Harding (born 1999), Australian soccer player * Sophie Hausmann (born 1997), German golfer * Sophie B. Hawkins (born 1964), American singer and songwriter * Sophie Hecquet (1944–2012), French actress and singer * Sophie Hediger (1998–2024), Swiss snowboarder * Sophie Hensser, Australian actress * Sophie Hermans (born 1981), Dutch politician * Sophie Hilbrand (born 1975), Dutch actress and television presenter * Sophie Hirst (born 2000), American soccer player * Sophie Hitchon (born 1991), English hammer thrower * Sophie Hopkins (born 1990), Singaporean–born English actress * Sophie Howe (born 1977), Welsh politician * Sophie Huet (1953–2017), French journalist * Sophie Hughes (born 1986), English literary translator * Sophie Hunger (born 1983), Swiss composer, singer, and songwriter * Sophie Hunter (born 1978), English playwright and theatre director * Sophie Hyde (born 1977), Australian filmmaker and producer * Sophie Jackson (born 1996), Scottish curler * Sophie Jamal (born 1966), Canadian endocrinologist * Sophie Jaques (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player * Sophie Jelley (born 1972), English Anglican bishop * Sophie Jodoin (born 1965), Canadian visual artist * Sophie Joissains (born 1969), French politician * Sophie Kamlish (born 1996), English Paralympic athlete * Sophie Kamoun (born 1967), French swimmer * Sophie Karmasin (born 1967), Austrian politician * Sophie Kasaei, English television personality * Sophie Katinis (born 1979), Australian actress * Sophie Katsarava (born 1976), Georgian politician * Sophie Kauer (born 2001), German–English actress and cellist * Sophie Kim (born 1983), South Korean entrepreneur * Sophie Kinsella (1969–2025), British writer * Sophie Kirana (born 2000), Indonesian beauty queen * Sophie Koch (born 1969), French operatic soprano * Sophie Kumpen (born 1974), Belgian karting driver * Sophie Labelle (born 1988), Canadian cartoonist and transgender rights activist * Sophie Lacaze (born 1963), French composer * Sophie Lawrence (born 1972), English actress and singer * Sophie Lee (born 1968), Australian actress * Sophie Khan Levy (born 1989), English actress * Sophie Li (born 1988), Australian soccer player * Sophie Lloyd (born 1995), English guitar * Sophie Lorain (born 1957), Canadian actress, director, and producer * Sophie Lowe (born 1990), English–born Australian actress, singer, and songwriter * Sophie Luck (born 1989), Australian actress * Sophie Marceau (born 1966), French actress * Sophie McKay (footballer) (born 2006), Australian rules footballer * Sophie McShera (born 1985), English actress * Sophie Melville (born 1991), Welsh actress * Sophie Mirabella (born 1968), Australian lawyer and politician * Sophie Moleta (born 1969), New Zealand singer, songwriter, and teacher * Sophie Molineux (born 1998), Australian cricketer * Sophie Monk (born 1979), English–born Australian actress, model, singer, and television personality * Sophie Muller (born 1962), English music video director * Sophie Nazemi, British political aide * Sophie Nélisse (born 2000), Canadian actress * Sophie Nyweide (2000–2025), American actress * Sophie Okonedo (born 1968), English actress * Sophie O'Sullivan (born 2001) Irish–Australian athlete * Sophie Pacini (born 1991), German–Italian pianist * Sophie Paine (born 1992), Australian volleyball player * Sophie Panonacle (born 1968), French politician * Sophie Pantel (born 1971), French politician * Sophie Papps (born 1994), British sprinter * Sophie Pascoe (born 1993), New Zealand Paralympic swimmer * Sophie Pedder (born 1967), English author and journalist * Sophie Pender (born 1996), English activist and social mobility campaigner * Sophie Perry (born 1986), Irish soccer player * Sophie Pétronin (born 1945), French–Swiss humanitarian * Sophie Podolski (1953–1974), Belgian poet and graphic artist * Sophie Porley (born 1987), English actress and model * Sophie Postel-Vinay, French physician and oncology researcher * Sophie Power (born 1982), British ultrarunner * Sophie Price (born 1989), British glamour model * Sophie Primas (born 1962), French engineer and politician * Sophie Ramdor (born 1992), German politician * Sophie Raworth (born 1968), British television presenter * Sophie Reade (born 1989), English model and pornographic actress * Sophie Reid (born 1997), Australian cricketer * Sophie Reiser (born 1987), American soccer player * Sophie Renoir (born 1964), French actress * Sophie Reynolds (born 1999), American actress * Sophie Ridge (born 1984), English journalist * Sophie Rimheden (born 1975), Swedish musician * Sophie Ristelhueber (born 1949), French photographer * Sophie Rivera (1938–2021), American artist and photographer * Sophie Roberts, New Zealand theatre director * Sophie Rois (born 1961), Austrian actress * Sophie Rundle (born 1988), English actress * Sophie Ryder (born 1963), English painter and sculptor * Sophie Scamps (born 1971), Australian politician * Sophie Schmidt (born 1988), Canadian soccer player * Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), German student and political activist * Sophie Serafino (born 1980), English–Australian composer and violinist * Sophie Shirley (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player * Sophie Simmons (born 1992), model, singer, and television personality * Sophie Simnett (born 1997), English actress * Sophie Skelton (born 1994), English actress * Sophie Solomon (born 1978), British composer, songwriter, and violinist * Sophie Tassignon (born 1980), Belgian singer and songwriter * Sophie Thatcher (born 2000), American actress * Sophie Thompson (born 1962), English actress * Sophie Toscan du Plantier (1957–1996), French murder victim * Sophie Turner (born 1996), English actress * Sophie Vandebroek, Belgian business executive and electrical engineer * Sophie Vavasseur (born 1992), Irish actress and television presenter * Sophie Villy (born 1990), Georgian–Ukrainian composer, singer, and songwriter * Sophie Viney (born 1974), English arranger and composer * Sophie von Saldern (born 1973), German basketball player * Sophie Ward (born 1964), English actress * Sophie Warmuth (born 2002), German speed skater * Sophie Wilde (born 1998), Australian actress * Sophie Willan (born 1987), British comedian * Sophie Williams (born 1991), British Olympic fencer * Sophie Wilson (born 1957), British computer scientist * Sophie Winkleman (born 1980), English actress * Sophie Wotschke (born 1998), Austrian politician * Sophie Xeon (1986-2021), British music producer and DJ * Sophie Zelmani (born 1972), Swedish singer and songwriter
==Fictional characters== * Sophie Amundsen, main character of the novel ''Sophie's World'' * Sophie Bennett, from the 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 Collins, from the book series The Infernal Devices * Sophie Devereaux, grifter in the television series ''Leverage'' * Sophie Dumond, from the film ''Joker'' (2019 film) * Sophie Elizabeth Foster, main character of ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'' by Shannon Messenger * Sophie de Réan, main character of the children's book ''Sophie's Misfortunes'' * 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'' * {{slink|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 Norton, from the television series ''Genie in the House'' * Sophie One and Other Sophie, from the television series ''The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants'' * Sophie Plummett 'Bliss', from ''Carry On Loving'' * 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'' * 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''
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