Stefani

Where Stefani comes from

The dictionaries list Stefani as a given name — a female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1939
    First appearance
    #4,250 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Stefani Morgan born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1990
    Peak, #738
    282 babies named Stefani — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1995
    Stefani Stoeva born
    badminton player
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,281.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Stephanie.
Namesakes
  • Stefani Stoeva · badminton player, born 1995
  • Stefani Morgan · American pornographic actress, born 1985
  • Stefani Werremeier · German rower, born 1968
  • Stefani Kiryakova · Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast, born 2001
  • Stefani Miglioranzi · Brazilian footballer, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.