The name Sophia comes from the Greek word sophia, meaning "wisdom." Hagia Sophia, meaning "Holy Wisdom," is a mosque and former church located in what used to be Constantinople, the ancient capital of the Roman/Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman empires. Sophia was a popular name in the early-1900s, but lost its touch in the mid-1900s before making a comeback in the 1980s. It has now been a top-100 girl's name every year since 1997, a top-10 girl's name since 2006 and was the No. 1 most popular girl's name between 2011 and 2013. It's also the name "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone gave his daughter Sophia Rose, born in 1996.
