Given name & surname
Stefanos
“crowned with garland”
Stefanos is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stefanos is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stefanos is a variant of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stefanos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 514
- 514 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,579 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,579 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 672 as a first name in 2020; 185 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stefanos’s family of names
In English usage, Stefanos shares a linguistic root with Stephen. In Estonian usage, Stefanos has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Stefan. Stefanos has a related form in Stephen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stefanos has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Estebanequivalent
- Stefanalso known as · Polish, Swedish
- Steveequivalent
- Stephanequivalent
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
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- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Stephanosequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stefanusequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- Stevoequivalent
- Štefanequivalent
- Štěpánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stéphaneequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Teppanaequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Στέφανοςsource · Greek
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Stefanos
- Stefanos TsitsipasGreek tennis playerborn 1998
- Stephanus of Byzantium6th-century Byzantine grammarian and geographer501–600
- Stefanos KapinoGreek footballerborn 1994
- Stephen LekapenosByzantine emperor901–963
- Stephanos ChristopoulosOlympic wrestler1876–2000
- Stefanos NtouskosGreek rower (born 1997)
- Stefanos StefanopoulosPrime Minister of Greece (1898-1982)
- Stefanos Dragoumisjudge, writer and politician (1842-1923)
- Stefanos AthanasiadisGreek footballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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