Sophronia
About Sophronia
Stately and elegant, but with the familiar sounds of Sophia and Sophie, Sophronia was a familiar choice back in the 19th century but has since fallen into obscurity. Derived from the Greek sophron, it means "sensible, self-restrained".
Some people might have first encountered the name in the old children's book series The Five Little Peppers, in which Sophronia, the youngest of the Peppers is nicknamed Phronsie.`It was also used by Dickens in two of his novels: The Old Curiosity Shop and Our Mutual Friend.
Pronounced suh-FROH-nee-uh.
As of October 2026, Sophronia ranked #14711 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #432 in 1881.
Editor's take: The name Sophronia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "sensible, prudent".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
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| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Sophronia on lists
Famous Sophronias
- Sophronia Zulema Wilson Wagoner
American missionary and social worker
- Sophronia Smith
sister of American Mormon leader Joseph Smith
- Sophronia Woodruff Dews
American founder of Alpha Delta Pi sorority
- Sophronia Bucklin
American Civil War nurse
- Sophronia Ann Hurd Terwilliger
American pioneer in Oregon
Sophronia in pop culture
- Sofronia
lover of Olinde in Tasso's epic Jerusalem Delivered (1580)
- Sophronia Sphynx
character in The Old Curiosity Shop (1841) by Charles Dickens
- Sophronia Angelina Temminnick
spunky heroine of Gail Carriger's steampunk Finishing School series
- Safronia
the second woman in Nina Simone's song "Four Women"
- Sophronius
name of several saints
- Sophronia
city name in Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities"