Given name
Estefana
“crowned with laurel”·“crowned with garland”
Estefana is a feminine form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Estefana carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel.” Estefana is a feminine form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Estefana is used as a feminine counterpart of Stephen.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Estefana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,006
- 0 boys · 1,006 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,051 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Estefana’s family of names
Estefana is a feminine form of Stephen. Estefana has a related form in Estefania. Estefana has a related form in Estefany.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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