Stephanie Explained

Stephanie
Gender:	Female
Nickname:	Steph, Stephy, Stephi, Nia, Steffi, Stevie, Stephie
Origin:	Greek
Related Names:	Stéphanie, Stephen, Steven, Steffi, Stephan, Stefan, Stefani, Stevani, Stephani, Stefanie, Stefni

Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, wreath, garland".^[1] The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian "Stefania",^[2] the Portuguese Estefânia (although the use of that version has become rare, and both the English and French versions are the ones commonly used), and the Spanish Estefanía. The form Stéphanie is from the French language, but Stephanie is now widely used both in English- and Spanish-speaking cultures.^[3]

Given names

Royalty

Stephanie, Queen of Navarre (died after 1066), Queen consort of king García Sánchez III of Navarre
Stephanie of Castile (died 1 July 1180), illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile
Stephanie of Milly, Lady of Oultrejordain (died 1197), an influential figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Stephanie of Milly, Lady of Gibelet, an influential figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, first cousin of the former
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1837–1859), consort queen of Portugal, married to King Pedro V
Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789–1860), French consort of Karl Ludwig Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden
Stephanie of Belgium (1864–1945), daughter of Leopold II of Belgium and wife of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Stephanie, Princess zu Windisch-Graetz (1909–2005), Austrian artist, daughter of Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria
Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (born 1965), youngest child of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco
Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1984), Belgian noble

Others

Stephania (died 868), wife of Adrian II
Stephanie (born 1987), American singer and actress
Saint Stephanie, virgin and martyr in Amalfi, Italy, honored on September 18
Stephanie Abrams (born 1978), global travel expert, radio & TV presenter, on-camera meteorologist on The Weather Channel
Stephanie Adams (1970–2018), American Playboy model and author
Stephanie Aeffner (born 1976), German politician
Stephanie "Stevvi" Alexander, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Stephanie Anne Mills (born 1979), Canadian actress
Stephanie Arnold (born 1978), American athlete
Stephanie Au (born 1992), Hong Kong competitive swimmer
Stephanie Balduccini (born 2004), Brazilian swimmer
Stephanie Brantz (born 1972), Australian sports presenter
Stephanie Beacham (born 1947), British actress
Stephanie Beard (born 1981), Canadian actress, voice actress and television and radio personality
Stephanie Beatriz (born 1981), American actress
Stephanie Bellars (born 1976), American professional wrestling valet
Stephanie Bendixsen (born 1985), Australian television presenter and video game reviewer
Stephanie Benson (born 1967), Ghanaian singer
Stephanie Bentley (born 1963), American country music artist
Stephanie Berto (born 1953), Canadian track and field athlete
Stephanie Best (born 1969), American athlete
Stephanie Birkitt (born 1975), American attorney, former assistant to David Letterman
Stephanie J. Block (born 1972), American actress and singer
Stephanie Blythe (born 1970), American mezzo-soprano opera singer and educator
Stephanie Bond, (born 1981), New Zealander netball player
Stephanie Booth (1946–2016), British business owner and hotelier
Stephanie Cayo (born 1988), Peruvian actress, singer and songwriter
Stephanie Chan (born 1957), Canadian para table tennis player
Stephanie Che (born 1974), Hong Kong actress and singer
Stephanie Cheng (born 1984), Hong Konger singer and starlet
Stephanie Cmar (born 1985), American chef and Top Chef contestant
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (born 1983), French tennis player
Stephanie Cole (born 1941), British actress
Stephanie Dabney (1958–2022), American ballerina
Stephanie D'Abruzzo (born 1971), American muppeteer
Stephanie Davis (born 1993), English actress
Stephanie de Zorzi (born 1993), Venezuelan model and beauty queen
Stefanie Dehnen (born 1969), German chemist
Stephanie Del Valle (born 1996), American and Puerto Rican musician, model, and pageant winner
Stephanie Deshpande (born 1975), American artist
Stephanie Dixon (born 1984), Canadian swimmer
Stephanie Dosen (born 1973), American singer-songwriter and designer
Stéphanie Douard (born 1979), French Paralympic swimmer
Stefanie Draws (born 1989), German football defender
Stephanie Economou, American composer and violinist
Stephanie Edwards, American TV personality and actress
Stephanie Fearon (born 1989), British singer and actress
Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830), French writer and educator
Stephanie Finochio, a.k.a. Trinity (born 1971), American stuntwoman and professional wrestling valet
Stéphanie Foretz (born 1981), French former tennis player
Stephanie Forrester (born 1969), British triathlete
Stefani Germanotta (born 1986), a.k.a. Lady Gaga, American recording artist, actress, and activist
Stefanie Giesinger (born 1996), German model
Stephanie Goldner (1896–1962), Austrian American harpist and the first female member of the New York Philharmonic in 1922
Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf (born 1969), German tennis player, former World No. 1 woman tennis player
Stephanie Graf (born 1973), former Austrian middle-distance athlete
Stephanie Grebe (born 1987), German para table tennis player
Stephanie Grisham, American former White House press secretary
Stefanie Hertel (born 1979), German yodeler, TV presenter, and popular performer of Alpine folk music
Stephanie Hill (born 1995), English academic, singer, actress, model, dancer and beauty pageant titleholder
Stephanie Ho (born 1992), Hong Kong singer, artist, former golfer
Stephanie Hodge (born 1956), American actress and stand-up comic
Stephanie Horner (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
Stephanie Hsu (born 1990), American actress
Stephanie Hughes, New Zealand neurobiologist
Stephanie Hwang, a.k.a. Tiffany (born 1989), Korean-American singer, a member of Korean pop group Girls' Generation
Stephanie Jacobsen (born 1980), Hong Kong-born Australian actress
Stephanie Jallen (born 1996), American skier
Stephanie Jaramillo (born 1982), American retired professional boxer
Stephanie Jerome, American politician
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949–2008), American politician, representative from Ohio
Stefanie Joosten (born 1988), Dutch model, singer and actress
Stephanie Kim (born 1987), American singer and ballerina, a member of The Grace
Stephanie Klick (born 1956), American politician
Stefanie Kloß, German singer
Stefanie Koch (born 1981), German ski mountaineer
Stephanie Kurlow, Australian dancer
Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014), Polish-American chemist and the inventor of Kevlar
Stephanie Land (born 1978), American writer and public speaker
Stéphanie Lapointe (born 1984), Quebec singer and actress
Stephanie Laurens (born 1953), Australian romance author
Stefanie Lawton (born 1980), Canadian curler from Saskatchewan
Stephanie Lee, Korean-American actor and model
Stephanie Lemelin, American voice actress
Stephanie Longfellow (born 1882-after 1907), American stage and film actress
Stephanie Luzie (born 1974), German gothic metal singer
Stephanie March (born 1974), American actress
Stéphanie Mariage (born 1966), French para table tennis player
Stephanie Pace Marshall (born 1945), American educator and founder of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Stephanie McIntosh (born 1985), Australian actress
Stephanie McLean, British model
Stephanie McMahon (born 1976), former occasional professional wrestler and current WWE executive
Stephanie McMichael (born 1989), Big Brother 2008 contestant
Stephanie Merritt (born 1974), English writer, author, and critic
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973), American author and film producer
Stéphanie Michelini, French actress
Stephanie Miller (born 1961), American actress and radio talk show host
Stephanie Mills (born 1957), American R&B, soul and gospel singer/songwriter
Stephanie Millward (born 1981), British Paralympic swimmer
Stefanie Mirlach, German football midfielder
Nina Morato (née Stephanie Morato, born 1966), French singer
Stephanie Morton (born 1990), Australian track cyclist
Stephanie Nicks, also known as Stevie Nicks (born 1948), American singer and songwriter
Stephanie Niznik (1967-2019), American actress
Stephanie Norton (born 2000), Hong Kong sailor
Stephanie Okwu (born 1994), Nigerian beauty queen
Stephanie O'Sullivan (born 1959), American former national intelligence official
Stephanie Park (born 1993), Canadian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
Stephanie Pakrul (born 1982), American blogger
Stephanie Peacock (born 1986), British MP
Stephanie Poetri (born 2000), Indonesian singer-songwriter and record producer
Stephanie Pohl (born 1978), German beach volleyball player
Stefanie Powers (born 1942), American actress
Stephanie Pratt (born 1986), American television personality and actress
Stefanie Preissner (born 1988), Irish writer and actress
Stephanie Reid (born 1984), track and field paralympian who competes for Great Britain
Stephanie Rice (born 1988), Australian swimmer
Stefanie Ridel (born 1973), American singer, songwriter, and actress
Stephanie Romanov (born 1969), American model and actress
Stephanie Saland, American former ballet dancer and teacher
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (born 1970), American lawyer and politician, U.S. representative from South Dakota
Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, American psychotherapist and author
Stefanie Scott (born 1996), American actress
Stephanie Schriock (born 1973), American political strategist
Stephanie Schweitzer (born 1992), Australian athletics competitor
Stephanie Seymour (born 1968), American model and actress
Stephanie Sheh, (born 1977) American voice actor
Stephanie Shipp, American economist and social statistician
Stephanie Sigman, (born 1987), Mexican actress
Stephanie Singer (born 1964), American mathematician and former politician
Stephanie Siriwardhana (born 1988), Sri Lankan-Lebanese model
Stephanie Slater (born 1991), British Paralympic swimmer
Stephanie Murray Smith (born 1987), American television personality, make-up artist, hairstylist, and beauty pageant titleholder
Stephanie Storp (born 1968), German shot putter
Stefanie Sun (born 1978), Singaporean popular singer
Stephanie Syjuco (born 1974), Filipino-born American conceptual artist and educator
Stephanie Tency (born 1990), Dutch actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder
Stéphanie Tirode (born 1975), French female sport shooter
Stephanie Trong (born 1976), American editor
Stephanie Turner, American actress and filmmaker
Stephanie Waring (born 1978), English actress
Stephanie Wells (born 1968), American jewelry designer
Stephanie Wheeler (born 1981), American wheelchair basketball player
Stephanie White (born 1977), American basketball player and coach
Stephanie Wilson (born 1966), American astronaut
Stephanie Ybarra, American theater producer and educator
Stephanie Young, American voice actress and singer
Stephanie Zacharek, American film critic
Stephanie Zammit, Maltese teacher, model and beauty pageant titleholder
Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956), American actress
Stephanie Zvan, American activist, radio host, and author

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Stephanie, a character in the TV series LazyTown
Stephanie, character from Lego Friends
Stephanie, a character in the animated series The Ridonculous Race
Stéphanie, a character in the French film Rust and Bone
Stephanie, a character in the film Zookeeper
Stephanie Brown, a.k.a. Spoiler, costumed hero in DC Comics, part of the Batman Family
Stephanie Crawford, a character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Steph Dean, nickname of Stephanie Dean, a character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks
Stephanie Dola, a character from the anime series No Game No Life
Stephanie Edgley, a character from the book series Skulduggery Pleasant
Stephanie Forrester, a character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
Stefanie "Stef" Adams Foster, a character from the 2013 TV series The Fosters
Stephanie Johnson, a character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Stephanie Knightleigh, a character from the children's books and animated TV series Edgar & Ellen
Stephanie "Stevie" Lake, a character in the TV series The Saddle Club
Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter and title character from the novel series by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Powell, a character in the TV series No Ordinary Family
Stephanie Schiffer, a character in NBC sitcom Friends
Stephanie Scully, a character in the TV series Neighbours
Stephanie Smothers, a character in the film A Simple Favor
Stephanie Speck, a character in the film Short Circuit (1986)
Stephanie "Stef" Steinbrenner, a character in the film The Goonies
Stephanie Tanner, a character on the TV series Full House
Stephanie Vandergosh, a character in the film Better Luck Tomorrow
Stephanie Vanderkellen, from the TV series Newhart
Stephanie Zinone, a character in the film Grease 2

Notes and References

Web site: Online Etymology Dictionary . Etymonline.com . 2023-05-14.
Web site: Stefania. Baby Namespedia. 4 March 2012.
Book: Higgins, Noel . Goldner, Jeanne . Names, Names, Names, A Book for You. Middletown, Connecticut. Weekly Reader Books. 1986. 51.