Stephanie

Stephanie

See also: Stéphanie

English

Alternative forms

• modern, nonstandard: Stefani, Stefanie, Stefany, Stephany, Stephannie

Etymology

From French Stéphanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛfəni/

Proper noun

Stephanie

1. A female given name.
   • 1956 Grace Metalious: Peyton Place, UPNE, 1999, →ISBN, Book Three,Chapter 13,

     Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace.

     "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen."

Related terms

• (pet forms): Stef, Steff, Steffi, Steffie, Steffy, Steve, Stevie, Steph

Translations

female given name

Czech: Štěpánka f French: Stéphanie (fr) f German: Stephanie (de) f Greek: Στεφανία (el) f (Stefanía)

Inuktitut: ᔅᑏᐸᓂ (stiipani) Italian: Stefania (it) Spanish: Estefanía (es)

Anagrams

• antisheep, haptenise, thiepanes

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Stephanie, from French Stéphanie.

Proper noun

Stephanie

1. a female given name

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Danish

Proper noun

Stephanie

1. A female given name of French origin.

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German

Alternative forms

• Stefanie

Proper noun

Stephanie

1. A female given name, a feminine form of Stefan borrowed from French.