Given name & surname
Steph
“crowned in victory”·“crowned with garland”
In English use, Steph is a short form of Stephanie. In Greek use, Stephanie carries the interpretation “crowned in victory.” In English use, Steph is a diminutive of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Steph is a short form of Stephanie. In Greek use, Stephanie carries the interpretation “crowned in victory.” In English use, Steph is a diminutive of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Steph is a diminutive of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Steph is a diminutive of Stephanie. In English usage, Steph developed from Stéphanie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Steph through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 5 boys · 66 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 11 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 boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,552 as a first name in 2020; 129 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.
Steph’s family of names
In English usage, Steph is a diminutive of Stephanie. In English usage, Steph developed from the French form Stéphanie. Steph is a short form of Stephanie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Steph
- Steph HoughtonEnglish association football player (born 1988)
- Steph CatleyAustralian soccer playerborn 1994
- Steph CookBritish modern pentathleteborn 1972
- Steph DavisAmerican rock climberborn 1973
- Steph SwainstonBritish writerborn 1974
- Steph GreenAmerican film director and screenwriterborn 1979
- Steph Daviescricketerborn 1987
- Steph KeyAustralian politicianborn 1954
- Steph McGovernEnglish journalist and TV presenterborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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