# Sotiris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sotiris/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sotirios |
| US babies named this | 10 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Greek Σωτήρης (Sotíris), a male given name used in (modern) Greece.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 12,506 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,975 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Sotiris

- Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
- Sotirios Versis, Athlete and weightlifter (1876–1919)

## 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.