Štefa

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʂt̪efa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Štefa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 6K(measured from records)
  • LTLithuania≈1 in 15K
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 116K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

709 people, 2021

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
16 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŠtefaLatin(measured from records)
СтефаCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Stefa in BG Bulgaria.

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

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Štefa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Štefa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia#5577091 in 6K709Štefa11
LT Lithuania—≈180 est.≈1 in 15Klisted——
IT Italy—≈140 est.≈1 in 434Klisted—2
US United States—≈82 est.≈1 in 4.1Mlisted—2
BG Bulgaria—≈60 est.≈1 in 116K—Stefa16
LV Latvia—121 in 157K12——
SI Slovenia—81 in 263K8—1

709 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Štefa is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Stefa, Štéfa, Stëfä, Stéfa

  • Lithuanian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Lithuania, United States

    Also written Stefa

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(measured from records)

Štefa 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 Latvian, apdzīvota vieta Šveicē, Cīrihes kantonā

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBok Štefa,Hi Štefa, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Štefa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021709#638
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)2021501—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201013#1,860
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names200913#1,815
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names200813#1,795
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201211#2,126
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201111#2,081
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201810#2,400
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201710#2,379
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201610#2,351
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201510#2,316
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names201410#2,303

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Štefa?
In the etymology graph, Fanny, Steph and Steffi are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Štefanija.
How do you pronounce Štefa?
A machine transcription gives /ʂt̪efa/ (IPA) for Croatian.
Is Štefa a male or female name?
Štefa 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.
In which country does Štefa have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 709 people named Štefa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled štefa.
Where is Štefa most common?
Štefa is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.0 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Štefa?
In Croatia, the national register counted 709 people named Štefa in 2021, about 1 in 6.0 thousand residents.
How common is Štefa compared with other names?
In Croatia, Štefa is the 557th most common given name of 14,066 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Štefa” — the 557th most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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