Stëph
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Stëph is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Female: shortened from Stephanie, from French Stéphanie. Male: shortened from Stephan.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 7.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 13K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15K
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 Stëph 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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 360 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.5K (inferred from the name graph)
5,737 named Stef
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Steph in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.
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)
Female: shortened from Stephanie, from French Stéphanie. Male: shortened from Stephan.
Sources 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stëph 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | — | 5,737as Stef | 1 in 3K | 5.7K | Steph | 32 |
| FR France | — | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 36 | Steph | 180 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 15K | listed | Steph | 207 |
| AU Australia | #790 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Steph | 160 |
| US United States | — | 2,552 | 1 in 130K | 2.3K | Steph | 360 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Steph | 7 |
| NZ New Zealand | #625 | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Steph | 84 |
5,737 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018), counting the spelling stef. 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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Stëph mean, and where does it come from?
- Female: shortened from Stephanie, from French Stéphanie. Male: shortened from Stephan. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary.
- Is Stëph a male or female name?
- Stëph 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.
- In which country does Stëph have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Stef, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Stëph?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,552 people named Stëph in 2020, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.
- How common is Stëph compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Stëph is the 625th most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/st%C3%ABphThe 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, “Stëph” — the 625th most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.