Stähli

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Schweizer Diminutiv-/Koseform auf -li, mit n-Variante (-lin); morphologisches Suffixpaar -li/-lin

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Stähli is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2M(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 3.2K
  • BWBotswana≈1 in 34K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Stähli itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

2,653 people, 2024

Sources
84 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Stahli in CH Switzerland, US United States, NL Netherlands and 1 more and Staehli in SG Singapore.

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(measured from records)

recorded in German

Schweizer Diminutiv-/Koseform auf -li, mit n-Variante (-lin); morphologisches Suffixpaar -li/-lin. Bearer count: 1304+117.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Stähli 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 Stähli is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland#3572,6531 in 3.2K2.7KStahli42
US United States—1541 in 2.2M161Stahli84
BW Botswana#219≈68 est.≈1 in 34K—Stahli1
DE Germany—≈57 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Stähli24
AR Argentina—571 in 798K57—1
NL Netherlands—341 in 508K34Stahli8
SG Singapore—≈10 est.≈1 in 623K—Staehli2

2,653 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024, counting the spelling stähli. 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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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)

Stähli is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Switzerland, United States

    Also written Stahli

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Switzerland, United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Stahli, Stãhli

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Stahli

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Stahli

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Stahli

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Stahli

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Stahli

  • Norwegian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, United States

    Also written Stahli

14 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Hans Stähli, b. 1889Alfred Stähli, b. 1902Adolf Stähli, b. 1925Hans-Peter Stähli, b. 1935Samuel Stähli, b. 1941Manuela Stähli-Legnazzi, b. 1942Susanne Stähli, b. 1959Nina Stähli, b. 1961Gregor Stähli, b. 1968Adrian Stähli, b. 1972

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Stähli, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Stähli
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20242.7K#319

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

How do you pronounce Stähli?
A machine transcription gives /ʃtɛlɪ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Stähli mean?
Recorded meaning: Schweizer Diminutiv-/Koseform auf -li, mit n-Variante (-lin); morphologisches Suffixpaar -li/-lin.
In which country does Stähli have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 2.7 thousand people named Stähli, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stahli.
Where is Stähli most common?
Stähli is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.2 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Stähli?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 2,653 people named Stähli in 2024, about 1 in 3.2 thousand residents.
How common is Stähli compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Stähli is the 357th most common surname of 127,759 surnames 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, “Stähli” — the 357th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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