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Estefanía
Say it: es-teh-fah-NEE-ah
Meaning
Feminine of Esteban (Stephen), from Greek stephanos 'crown, wreath'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Recorded in medieval Navarre, León and Castile and widely used again in modern Spain.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 6,567 babies given this name since 1980
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 4,500 girls
- 110 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Catalan | Estefania |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Estefânia |
| French | Stéphanie |
| English | Stephanie |
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.