Throughout the world, Stere (Stere 
, ستير 
, Στέργιος 
) is a rare epicene given name. The first name Stere is habitual in Romania, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare unisex name, and Greece, where it is a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Romania, and Syria. Also, Stere is the last name as well as the forename.