Stine

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 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◐

Stine is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic given name567 records spelled Stine3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United Arab Emirates, United States, Türkiye

  Also written Stînë

61 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●

Stine is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ) Stina: weibl. Vom., Kurzform von Namen, die auf »-stine« enden, meist von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 72 years between 1951–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Stine Lise Hattestadb. 1966NONorwegian freestyle skier
• Stengadeb. 1972DKnot in their usual nameDanish actress
• Stine Brun Kjeldaasb. 1975NOsnowboarder
• Stine Sonne Munchb. 1979DEDanish-German film editor
• Stine Fischer Christensenb. 1985DKDanish actress
• Stine Jørgensenb. 1990DKDanish handball player
• Stine Oftedal Dahmkeb. 1991NONorwegian handball player
• Stine Skograndb. 1993NONorwegian handball player
• Stine Larsenb. 1996DKDanish association football player
• Stine GroveDKmusician

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 · 265 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Stine?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Stine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Stine have the most bearers?

We estimate about 12 thousand people bear Stine in Denmark, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled stine.

Where is Stine most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Stine is densest in Norway — about 1 in 505 people — even though Denmark holds more of our records for it.

How common is Stine compared with other names?

In Denmark, Stine is the 110th most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.

Is Stine a male or female name?

Stine 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 Stine mean?

Recorded meaning: a diminutive of the female given names Christine or Kristine