Stephani

Where Stephani comes from

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Stephani, a Latinized patronymic surname from the personal name Stephanus. * Variant spelling of Italian Stefani.
— Wiktionary's entry for Stephani
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #4,349 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Peak, #390
    637 babies named Stephani — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,042.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Stephani turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.