Given name & surname
Stephanos
“crowned with garland”
Stephanos is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stephanos is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stephanos is a variant of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stephanos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 118
- 118 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,635 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,635 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 237 as a first name in 2020; 193 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.
Stephanos’s family of names
Stephanos has a related form in Stephen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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