MEANING & HISTORY
What does Stefanie mean?
Stefanie is a spelling of Stephanie, the feminine form of Stephen through French Stéphanie. Greek Stephanos means crown or wreath.
The f reflects one way of writing the inherited consonant sound. Stefanie and Stephanie have a documented common family, while their exact spellings remain distinct rather than corrections of one another.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie, from the French Stéphanie, feminine form of Stephen.
Wiktionary: Stefanie (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Stefanie
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Stefanie Arianne
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Stefanie Arianne
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Stefanie in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Stefanie
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Stephanie♀Feminine form of Stephen; crown or wreath
- Jeanie·Affectionate form of Jean
- Melanie♀Black or dark
- Stevan♂Serbian form of Stephen; crown or wreath
- Bennie♂Familiar form of Benjamin or Benedict
- Bernie♂Familiar form of Bernard, Bernadette, or Bernice
- Ernie♂Familiar form of Ernest; earnest or serious
- Jennie·Variant of Jenny; Jane or Jennifer tradition
What rhymes with Stefanie?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Stefanie further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q18181288 — Stefanie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Stefanie Arianne (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18181288 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Stefanie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Stefanie (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Stephanie (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Stephanie (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Stephanie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted parent-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.