# Sophonisba (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sophonisba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Sophonisba, itself from Ancient Greek Σοφονῑ́βη (Sophonī́bē), eventually from Punic 𐤑𐤐𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ṣpnbʿl).

## People named Sophonisba

- Sophonisba Breckinridge, American lawyer, social reformer, social scientist and civil rights activist (1866-1948)
- Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer, American artist (1873-1943)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.