Given name & surname
Steffi
“crowned in victory”
In German use, Steffi is an affectionate form of Stephanie. In Greek use, Stephanie carries the interpretation “crowned in victory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Steffi is an affectionate form of Stephanie. In Greek use, Stephanie carries the interpretation “crowned in victory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Steffi is a diminutive of Stephanie. Stephanie comes from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In German use, Steffi is used as an affectionate form of Stephanie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Steffi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 532
- 0 boys · 532 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 36 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 865 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.
Steffi’s family of names
In German usage, Steffi is a diminutive of Stephanie. In German usage, Steffi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Stevie. Steffi is an affectionate form of Stephanie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Steffi
- Steffi GrafGerman tennis playerborn 1969
- Steffi NeriusGerman javelin throwerborn 1972
- Steffi JonesGerman football player, executive, and coachborn 1972
- Steffi LemkeGerman politicianborn 1968
- Steffi MartinEast German luger (1962–2017)
- Steffi DunaHungarian-born actress (1910–1992)
- Steffi KräkerGerman artistic gymnast (born 1960)
- Steffi KriegersteinGerman canoerborn 1992
- Steffi Jacobskeleton racerborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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