Sofiyah
Girl · so-FEE-ya · Greek
Sofiyah is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies).
What does Sofiyah mean?
Greek: spelling of Sofiya, itself a spelling of Sofia
“wisdom”
A spelling of Sophia, Greek for wisdom, matching the usual transliteration from Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian.
- Say it
- so-FEE-ya
Meaning borrowed from Sofiya.
Is Sofiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sofiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sofiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Sofiyah, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Sofiyah of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Sofiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were given Sofiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #882, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Sofiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
Nicknames for Sofiyah
Names like Sofiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Nusaybah Sumayyah Ayah Aafiyah Zainab Ruqayyah Safiya Abeeha Hafsa Hiba
Other spellings of Sofiyah
Sofiya Sufiya
Names related to Sofiyah
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