Stephanie

See also Stéphanie

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

French Stéphanie

Proper noun

Stephanie

1. A female given name, feminine of Stephen.
   • 1956 Grace Metalious: Peyton Place, UPNE, 1999, ISBN 1555534007, 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 (cs) f. Italian: Stefania (it)

Spanish: Estefanía (es)

Anagrams

• thiepanes

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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.