Stephanie

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/ˈstɛfəni/

proper noun

A female given name from French.

CommonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Stefani · alternative Stefanie · alternative Stefany · alternative Stephany · alternative Stephannie · alternative Stephenie

  1. A female given name from French.

    The sponsor of the Utah legislation, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, acknowledged fluoride has benefits, but said it was an issue of “individual choice” to not have it in the water.

    2025 March 28, “Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press
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    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."

    1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book Three,Chapter 13

Origin

  1. FrenchStéphanie
  2. EnglishStephanie

Borrowed from French Stéphanie. The standard English feminine form of Stephen. Doublet of Stephania.

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Translations

Czech Štěpánka
  • Štěpánkafemale given name
Danish Stephanie
  • Stephaniefemale given name
Esperanto Stefano
  • Stefanofemale given name
French Stéphanie
  • Stéphaniefemale given name
German Stephanie
  • Stephaniefemale given name
Greek Στεφανία
  • Στεφανία (Stefanía)female given name
Hawaiian Kikepania
  • Kikepaniafemale given name
Hungarian Stefánia
  • Stefániafemale given name
Icelandic Stéfanía
  • Stéfaníafemale given name
Indonesian Stefani
  • Stefanifemale given name
Italian Stefania
  • Stefaniafemale given name
Latin Stephania
  • Stephaniafemale given name
Latvian Stefānija
  • Stefānijafemale given name
Lithuanian Stefanija
  • Stefanijafemale given name
Malay Stefani
  • Stefanifemale given name
Māori Hētewhanī
  • Hētewhanīfemale given name
Norwegian Bokmål Stefanie
  • Stefaniefemale given name
Polish Stefania
  • Stefaniafemale given name
Portuguese Estefânia
  • Estefâniafemale given name
Romanian Ștefania
  • Ștefaniafemale given name
Russian Стефани, Стефа́ния
  • Стефани (Stefani)female given name
  • Стефа́ния (Stefánija)female given name
Slovak Štefánia
  • Štefániafemale given name
Spanish Estefanía
  • Estefaníafemale given name
Swedish Stephanie
  • Stephaniefemale given name
Thai สเตฟานี
  • สเตฟานีfemale given name
Turkish Stefanya
  • Stefanyafemale given name
Ukrainian Стефані
  • Стефані (Stefani)female given name
Welsh Steffani
  • Steffanifemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Stephanie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stephanie

MLA

“Stephanie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stephanie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stephanie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stephanie.

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