Given name & surname
Steffen
“crowned with garland”
Steffen is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Steffen is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Steffen is a form of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Steffen developed from Stephanus. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Steffen developed from Στέφανος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Steffen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,505
- 1,505 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,633 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,633 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 77 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,692 as a first name in 2020; 11,156 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.
Steffen’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Steffen shares a linguistic root with the English form Stephen. In Danish usage, Steffen has a related form in Stefan. Steffen has a related form in Stephen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Steffen has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Estebanequivalent
- Steveequivalent
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
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- Steffanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Steffequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- Steffensen“son of” surname · Danish
- СтепанRussian
- Stevoequivalent
- Štefanequivalent
- Štěpánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stéphaneequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Στέφανοςroot · Ancient Greek
- Stephanusroot · Latin
People named Steffen
- Steffen IversenNorwegian association football player and managerborn 1976
- Steffen FreundGerman footballerborn 1970
- Steffen WesemannSwiss-German racing cyclistborn 1971
- Steffen BaumgartGerman football managerborn 1972
- Steffen Fetznertable tennis playerborn 1968
- Steffen HofmannGerman footballerborn 1980
- Steffen WeinholdGerman handball playerborn 1986
- Steffen BlochwitzEast German cyclistborn 1967
- Steffen PetersOlympic medalists in equestrianborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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