Name profile

Stephanie

feminine

84First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction

Evidence coverageLimited

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The name comes from the Greek Stephanos, rooted in a verb meaning to encircle or crown.

Why it works

English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try

What to know

longer name — may get clipped on forms or shortened informally

Popularity

Uncommon — #557 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Stephanie means 'crowned one,' evoking the woven wreath given to victors in ancient Greece.

Documented origin: The name comes from the Greek Stephanos, rooted in a verb meaning to encircle or crown.

Well supportedTraced to a root word or element rather than a single, direct historical gloss.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishEnglish pronunciation: consistent with standard reading rules.deterministic phonetic analysis

TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #557 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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