MEANING & HISTORY
What does Stephanie mean?
Stephanie is the English feminine form of Stephen, transmitted through French Stéphanie. Stephen comes from Greek Stephanos, crown or wreath, originally referring to something placed around the head.
The name therefore shares a Greek root with Steven and Stefan. Crowned is an interpretive gloss, while crown or wreath is the closer noun meaning. The English spelling omits the French accent.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈstefani/Standard-Tagalog
- [ʔɪsˌt̪ɛː.fɐˈn̪ɪ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈstepani/with nativization
- [ʔɪsˌt̪ɛː.pɐˈn̪ɪ]with nativization
Ste · pha · nie3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Stephanie, from French Stéphanie.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Stephanie (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Stephanie, from French Stéphanie.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Stephanie (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Stéphanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen. Doublet of Stephania.
A female given name from French.
Wiktionary: Stephanie (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Stephanie
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
Stephanie Retuya
Filipino fashion model
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Stephanie Sol
actor
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
5
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Stephanie Retuya, Stephanie Sol
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Stephanie 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 →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Stephanie
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
- Stefanie♀Variant of Stephanie; crown or wreath
- Stephan♂Form of Stephen; crown or wreath
- Stephany♀Variant of Stephanie; crown-name family
- 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
What rhymes with Stephanie?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Stephanie further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1291472 — Stephanie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Stephanie Retuya (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1291472 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Stephanie Sol (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1291472 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Stephanie (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Stephanie (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Stephanie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Stephanie (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Stephen (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name history underlying the compound, root or short form.
- Wiktionary: Stephen (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name history underlying the compound, root or short form.