Given name & surname
Stefania
“crowned in victory”
Stefania is a variant of Stephanie. In Greek use, Stephanie carries the interpretation “crowned in victory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stefania is a variant of Stephanie. In Greek use, Stephanie carries the interpretation “crowned in victory.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Stefania is used as a form of Stephanie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stefania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,653
- 0 boys · 2,653 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 60 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,218 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,218 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 60 in 2004. In 2025, Florida and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,670 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.
Stefania’s family of names
Stefania has a short form in Fania. Stefania shares a linguistic root with Stephanie. In Italian usage, Stefania has a conventional equivalent in the German form Stefanie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stefania has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
19 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Stefania
- Fanny CadeoItalian actress and singerborn 1970
- Stefania SandrelliItalian actressborn 1946
- StefaniaDutch singerborn 2002
- Stefania BelmondoItalian cross-country skierborn 1969
- Stefania CasiniItalian actress and film directorborn 1948
- Stefania ConstantiniItalian curlerborn 1999
- Stefania LaVie OwenAmerican actressborn 1997
- Stefania RoccaItalian actressborn 1971
- Stefania WilczyńskaPolish teacher1886–1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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