Etienne

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Stefan in DE Germany, RO Romania, PL Poland and 5 more, Stephen in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, PH Philippines and 3 more, Steven in US United States, CA Canada, IT Italy and Степан in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Etienne is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name103K records spelled Etienne17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Netherlands, South Africa

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Etiënne, Étienne, Etiènne, Etiénne, Etienné

• Spanish given name13K records spelled Etienne5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Chile, Spain

  Also written Étienne, E'Tienne, Etiènne

• a separate given name3.6K records spelled Etienne4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium

  Also written Étienne, Etiënne, Etiénne

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name3.5K records spelled Etienne2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Étienne

• English (South Africa) given name758 records spelled Etienne2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Africa, United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States

  Also written Etiénne

• Finnish given name728 records spelled Etienne2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Belgium, Canada, South Africa

  Also written Étienne

86 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Etienne is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Du grec Stephanos, «couronne, couronné».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, From Greek Stephanos, 'crown, wreath'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Origine grecque, « couronné ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, French form of Stephen

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 118 years between 1900–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Stephanus Ib. 300ITnot in their usual namePope and Bishop of Rome from 254 to 257
• Stephen IVb. 770ITnot in their usual namepope
• Stephen II of Hungaryb. 1101HUnot in their usual nameKing of Hungary from 1116 to 1131
• Stephen III of Hungaryb. 1147HUnot in their usual nameKing of Hungary and Croatia (1147-1172)
• Innocent VIb. 1282FRnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1353 to 1362
• Francis I, Holy Roman Emperorb. 1708FRnot in their usual nameHoly Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany (1708-1765).
• Stéphane Mallarméb. 1842FRnot in their usual nameFrench Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
• Étienne Tshisekedib. 1932CDDemocratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister (1932-2017)
• Gnassingbé Eyadémab. 1935TGnot in their usual namePresident of Togo from 1967 to 2005
• William Sami Étienne Grigahcineb. 1986FRFrench record producer (born 1986)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 982 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Etienne?

We estimate roughly 2.0 million people bear Etienne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Etienne have the most bearers?

Etienne is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled stephen.

Where is Etienne most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Etienne is densest in Romania — about 1 in 69 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Etienne compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Etienne is the 6th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Etienne a male or female name?

Etienne is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Etienne mean?

Recorded meaning: Du grec Stephanos, « couronne »; fête de saint Étienne le 26 décembre.