Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Stephane isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stephane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,830
- 702 boys · 1,128 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,936 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.
Stephane’s family of names
Stephane may belong to the same name family as STEPHANNE. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Stephenequivalent
- Estebanequivalent
- Stefanequivalent
- Steveequivalent
- Stephanlikely cognate
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
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- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
- Stephanoequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stefaneequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- Stevoequivalent
- Štefanequivalent
- Štěpánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Stéphanequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
People named Stephane
- Stephane Ackafootballerborn 1990
- Stéphane SimianFrench tennis playerborn 1967
- Stephane KellerCameroonian footballerborn 2001
- Stephane GaugerAmerican-Vietnamese film director1969–2018
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Stephane, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“learned” · “instigator”
>99% boys
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>99% boys
Devonte
“one who is energetic”
>99% boys
Efrain
“one who is tertile; productive” · “fruitful”
>99% boys
Deonte
“an outgoing man”
>99% boys
Akeem
“God will judge” · “one who is wise; intelligent”
>99% boys
Dane
“a man from Denmark”
>99% boys