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After Sophia made it to the top 10, Sophie entered the top 100, and now at #82, it's bound to rise even higher!

Sophie is not so common in the US that there will be five Sophie's in your kid's class, but neither will she ever find a keychain with her name on it like the Elizabeths and Janes and Susans of the world will. However, if she lives or goes to the UK or Europe, it will be the completely opposite and there are "Sophie keychains" everywhere. But it's a simple enough name that no one will ever pronounce it wrong (except to mistakingly call her Sophia) or lift an eyebrow at it or ask how her parents' came up with it. It's a pretty and serviceable name and it will serve her no matter what her personality is.

Personal experiences with the name Sophie: | Edit

A cute, adorable name that suits any little girl and grows up fine to a beautiful adult. This name is absolutely wonderful!

I absolutely adore this name and have never wished for a different one (though I have wished for a different middle name). My only cross to bear with this name is that I'm forever telling people that it's Sophie, not Sophia and that it's spelled with a "ph" not an "f" and an "ie" not an "ia". In school the kids teased me with "sofa" but as cruel nicknames go that one is pretty good (at least it's not like the poor Richards and Dicks of the world). All in all, I'm entirely happy and blessed to have Sophie as my name and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Nicknames for Sophie: | Edit

Soph, Sophie-bear, Slow-phie, Sofa, Sophie-Soph, soap-ee, Fi, Soph-a-loph, Plopher, Ploph.

Meanings and history of the name Sophie: | Edit

Wise- Sophia means wisdom.

Famous real-life people named Sophie: | Edit

Sophie Tucker, singer and comedian
Sophie B. Hawkins, singer
Sophie Kinsella, novelist
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (Austria) and her only daughter, Princess Sophie.
Sophie Scholl, famous and influential member of the White Rose resistance against the Nazi party.
Sophie Dahl, fashion model
Sophie, Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophie of Romania

Sophie in song, story & screen: | Edit

"Soph", one of Bette Midler's stage characters, based on Sophie Tucker
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Sophie's Choice, novel and film (Meryl Streep starred as Sophie of the title)
Sophie is a main character in Mamma Mia!, the Broadway musical and 2008 movie
Sophie's Hideaway, a children's book by Renate Kozikowski