Given name & surname
Steffan
“crowned with garland”
Steffan is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Steffan is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Steffan is a form of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Welsh usage, Steffan developed from Στέφανος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Steffan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,405
- 1,405 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,594 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,594 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 73 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,309 as a first name in 2020; 1,669 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.
Steffan’s family of names
Steffan shares a linguistic root with Stephen. In Welsh usage, Steffan has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Esteban. Steffan has a related form in Stephen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Steffan has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 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.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- EstebanSpanish
- Stefanequivalent
- Steveequivalent
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
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- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Steffequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- StéphaneFrench
- ŠtěpánCzech
- Štefanequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Στέφανοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Steffan
- Fin ArgusAmerican actor and musicianborn 1998
- Steffan RhodriBritish actorborn 1967
- Steffan DanielsenFaroese painter (1922-1976)
- Mr. Wigglesstreet dancerborn 1991
- Steffan LewisBritish politician (1984-2019)
- Steffan AndrewsCanadian television score composerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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