Stefanie

Spellings & scripts●

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 15 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◐

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

• Portuguese given name143K records spelled Stefanie5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, Chile

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian

  Also written Ștefănie, Ștefanie

• a separate given name26K records spelled Stefanie4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland

  Also written Stéfanie, Ştefănie, Štefanie

• Hindi given name4.5K records spelled Stefanie8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Netherlands

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Stéfanie

• Indonesian given name3.9K records spelled Stefanie2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Also written Stéfanie

• Italian given name3.1K records spelled Stefanie2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Stéfanie

• Finnish given name2.4K records spelled Stefanie6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Hungary, Switzerland

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Stéfanie, Stèfanie, Stefánie

58 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●

Stefanie is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, a female given name, variant of Stephanie, masculine equivalent Stefan

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Feminine of sTEFAN.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 105 years between 1911–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Princess Stéphanie of Belgiumb. 1864BEnot in their usual nameArchduchess of Austria (1864–1945)
• Cyndi Lauperb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
• Stephanie Wilsonb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican engineer and NASA astronaut
• Steffi Grafb. 1969DEnot in their usual nameGerman tennis player
• Stephanie McMahonb. 1976USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler and executive
• Stormy Danielsb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress and director (born 1979)
• Stephanie Beatrizb. 1981ARnot in their usual nameArgentine-American actress
• Nikki Bellab. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler (born 1983)
• Stephanie Hsub. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Stefanie Scottb. 1996USAmerican actress and singer

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 · 646 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Stefanie?

We estimate roughly 44 thousand people bear Stefanie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Stefanie have the most bearers?

Stefanie is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled stefanie.

How common is Stefanie compared with other names?

In Germany, Stefanie is the 92nd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Stefanie a male or female name?

Stefanie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Stefanie mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie, from the French Stéphanie, feminine form of Stephen.