Stefanie
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie, from the French Stéphanie, feminine form of Stephen
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈstɛfəni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Stefanie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 88th most common given name.
- DEGermany≈1 in 467(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 589
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 1.2K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 466 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 467 (inferred from the name graph)
≈170,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie, from the French Stéphanie, feminine form of Stephen.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
How Stefanie is read(measured from records)
Stefanie is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English43%
- German42%
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stefanie 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #88 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 467 | — | Stefanie | 270 |
| CN China | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Stefanie | 22 |
| US United States | #858 | 34,972 | 1 in 9.5K | 35K | Stefanie | 466 |
| AT Austria | #98 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 589 | 15K | Stefanie | 147 |
| CH Switzerland | #139 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Stefanie | 116 |
| BE Belgium | #332 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 5 | Stefanie | 101 |
| AU Australia | #781 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | 4 | Stefanie | 152 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Stefanie 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.
Feminine of sTEFAN.
as a nameA 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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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 76 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 35K | #1,144 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 15K | #305 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 25 | #1,144 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 18 | #314 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 12 | — |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2013 | 5 | #1,444 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2005 | 4 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2015 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2015 | 1 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- In which country does Stefanie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 172 thousand people named Stefanie in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stefanie.
- What does the name Stefanie mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie, from the French Stéphanie, feminine form of Stephen. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Stefanie?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈstɛfəni/ (IPA) for English.
- 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 are other forms of the name Stefanie?
- In the etymology graph, Stephanie, Fanny and Stefania are forms of the same name in other languages; Steffi is a recorded short or pet form.
- How common is the name Stefanie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 34,972 people named Stefanie in 2020, about 1 in 9.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Stefanie compared with other names?
- In Germany, Stefanie is the 88th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stefanieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Stefanie” — the 88th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.