Stefano
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Greek Stephanos, “crown”; linked to St Stephen, feast day 26 Dec
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/stefano/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Stefano is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country, where it is the 15th most common given name.
- ITItaly≈1 in 179(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 1.6K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 6.3K
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 Stefano 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.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 340 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 179 (inferred from the name graph)
≈350,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Italy, 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)
From Greek Stephanos, “crown”; linked to St Stephen, feast day 26 Dec.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Stefano, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stefano 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #15 | ≈350,000 est. | ≈1 in 179 | 566 | Stefano | 287 |
| RO Romania | — | 18,267as Ştefana | 1 in 1.2K | 18K | Stefano | 25 |
| CH Switzerland | #256 | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | 58 | Stefano | 120 |
| US United States | — | 4,356 | 1 in 76K | 4.3K | Stefano | 340 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 3,757 | 1 in 4.5K | 3.8K | — | 23 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | 76 | Stefano | 82 |
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: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DEPABD — name-day population snapshot; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)
Stefano is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, Stephen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, in den i96oer-Jahren entlehnter männl. Vom., italienische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Italian, dal greco Stéphanos, 'corona, corona d'onore'.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Dal greco stephanos, 'corona, ghirlanda'.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, forma italiana de Stephanus; Estêvão
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
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)
- Saint Stephenb. 1GRnot in their usual nameDeacon, martyr, and saint
- Stephanus IIb. 700ITnot in their usual namepriest of Rome elected pope in March 752
- Pietro Mascagnib. 1863ITnot in their usual nameItalian composer known for operas (1863–1945)
- Totòb. 1898ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor (1898–1967)
- Stenob. 1917ITnot in their usual nameItalian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1917–1988)
- Stefano Tacconib. 1957ITItalian association football player
- Stefano Piolib. 1965ITItalian association football player and manager
- Stefano Dionisib. 1966ITItalian actor
- Stephen Blackehartb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Stefano Sensib. 1995ITItalian association football player
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 88 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.3K | #4,337 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 3.8K | #331 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 566 | #65 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 95 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 52 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11 | #4,337 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Stefano?
- A machine transcription gives /stefano/ (IPA) for Italian.
- What does the name Stefano mean, and where does it come from?
- From Greek Stephanos, “crown”; linked to St Stephen, feast day 26 Dec. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- What are other forms of the name Stefano?
- In the etymology graph, Steven, Stephen and Esteban are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Stefano have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 349 thousand people named Stefano in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stefano.
- Is Stefano a male or female name?
- Stefano is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How common is the name Stefano?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,356 people named Stefano in 2020, about 1 in 76 thousand residents.
- How common is Stefano compared with other names?
- In Italy, Stefano is the 15th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Stefano?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stefanoThe 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, “Stefano” — the 15th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.