Sophie is a feminine given name, a version of Sophia, meaning "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 ( 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 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 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 Daguin (1801-1881), French ballerina Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), French-British artist Sophie Kerr (1880-1965), American author 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 Sooäär (1914–1996), Estonian actress Sophie Tucker (1887-1966), American entertainer Sophie Treadwell (1885-1970), American writer Sophie von Hohenberg (1901–1990), Austrian aristocrat 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, Countess of Wessex (born 1965), British wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex 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