Stephanie
From the Greek for "crown" or "garland". Fewer than 500 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one, though a few girls still get the name each year.
Stephanie Pronunciation
What Stephanie means
Where Stephanie comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Stephanie descends from the Greek stephanos, a word for the crown or garland pressed onto the head of a winner at the ancient games. The wreath itself was the prize. Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr, carried the masculine form of the same root, and Stephanie grew as its feminine counterpart.
English speakers gave the name its main home. It spread through Britain and America across the twentieth century, and by the 1980s it ranked among the most common girls' names in the United States. The meaning stayed close to its source: crown, garland, a circle of honor.
On an urząd form the name is written out in full, Stephanie, the English spelling intact. A child who carries it wears an old idea of winning. The Greek stephanos still means a garland.
How many people are named Stephanie
1 in 48796 women in Poland is named Stephanie. 462 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1376 among female names.
Stephanie's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1361 among newborns. It has been stable for a decade.
Stephanie as a middle name
Stephanie is a first name for 462 women in Poland and a middle name for another 248, a 65/35 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 430th, between Irmgarda (249) and Augusta (247).
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#428 Luisa250
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#429 Irmgarda249
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#430 Stephanie248
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#431 Augusta247
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#432 Lisa246