Stephanie
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Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen
Stephen
Stephen or Steven is a masculine first name, derived from the Greek name Στέφανος meaning "crown, garland", in turn from the Greek word "στέφανος", meaning "wreath, crown, honour, reward", literally "that which surrounds or encompasses". In ancient Greece a wreath was given to the winner of a...
. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
Stefania, the Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
Estefânia, and the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Estefanía. The form Stéphanie is from the French language, but Stephanie is now widely used both in English- and Spanish-speaking cultures.
Stephanie - (Greek) "Crowned one" Also, Stephania, Etienette, Stefa, Stefania, Stefanie, Stefanina, Steffie, Stepania, Stepanie, Stephana, Stevena, Teena, and Tiennette.
Royalty
- Stéphanie de BeauharnaisStéphanie de BeauharnaisStéphanie, Grand Duchess of Baden was the consort of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden.-Biography:...
(1789–1860), French consort of Karl Ludwig Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden.... - Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (Stéphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) (1864–1945), wife of Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the Austrian imperial throne, daughter of King Léopold II of Belgium
- Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-SigmaringenStephanie of Hohenzollern-SigmaringenStephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was the Queen consort of King Peter V of Portugal.-Family:...
(1837-1859), Consort queen of PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, married to King Pedro VPedro V of Portugal* Duke of Barcelos* Marquis of Vila Viçosa* Count of Ourém* Count of Barcelos* Count of Arraiolos* Count of Guimarães-Honours:* Knight of the Garter* Knight of the Golden Fleece-Ancestry:... - Stephanie of MillyStephanie of MillyStephanie of Milly was Lady of Oultrejordain and an influential figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. She was also known as Stephanie de Milly, Etienette de Milly, and Etiennette de Milly...
(died 1197), lady of Oultrejordain and an influential figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem - Princess Stephanie of Windisch-Graetz (1909-2005), Austrian artist, daughter of Elisabeth Marie Henriette, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf
- Princess Stéphanie of MonacoPrincess Stéphanie of MonacoPrincess Stéphanie of Monaco, Countess of Polignac is a member of the princely family of Monaco. She is the youngest child of Grace, Princess of Monaco and Rainier III of Monaco, and the sister of Albert II of Monaco and Princess Caroline...
(born 1965), youngest child of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco - also Stephanie was a name given by the Fijian islands up in yasawa .there was a chief who had a daughter named princess Stephanie.
Others
- StephanieStephanie (singer)-External links:*...
(born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter - Saint StephanieSaint StephanieSaints Stephanie is an Eastern Orthodox saint. Her feast day as well as that of Saint Victor of Damascus is November 11. She lived in Gamponia during the reign of Antoninus Pius. Roman soldiers arrested Victor as a Christian and cut off his fingers, put out his eyes, and beheaded him...
, virgin and martyr in Amalfi, Italy, honored on September 18 - Stephanie AbramsStephanie AbramsStephanie Abrams is an American on-camera meteorologist for The Weather Channel, a 24-hour American cable television weather program. She has also done live reporting for the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Early life:...
, on-camera meteorologist on The Weather Channel - Stephanie Adams (born 1970), American model and author, Playboy Playmate of the Month, November 1992
- Stephanie ArnoldStephanie ArnoldStephanie White-Arnold is an athlete from the United States, who competes in archery.Arnold represented the U.S. at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 36th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 623. In the first round of elimination, she faced 29th-ranked Melissa...
, American athlete - Stephanie BeachamStephanie BeachamStephanie Beacham is a British television, film and theatre actress. Making her film debut in 1971's The Nightcomers opposite Marlon Brando and becoming more well-known on British television in the BBC series Tenko and the ITV series Connie , her worldwide breakthrough came as a result of playing...
(born 1947), British actress - Stephanie BeardStephanie BeardStephanie Beard is a Canadian actress, voice actress and television and radio personality. Her radio host persona goes by Suga BayBee, and as co-host of The Zone, she was called Sugar.Beard was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
, a.k.a. Sugar and Suga BayBee (born 1980), Canadian actress, voice actress and television and radio personality - Stephanie BellarsStephanie BellarsStephanie Bellars is a professional wrestling valet and the former girlfriend of "Macho Man" Randy Savage. She worked for WCW and ECW. She has been known as Gorgeous George and George Frankenstein.-Personal life:...
, a.k.a. Gorgeous George and George Frankenstein (born 1976), American professional wrestling valet - Stephanie BertoStephanie BertoStephanie Berto is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metres and 4x100m relay while becoming the youngest member of the olympic team at age 15...
(born 1953), Canadian track and field athlete - Stephanie BendixsenStephanie BendixsenStephanie Bendixsen is an Australian television presenter. She is best known as one of the presenters of the video game review show Good Game where she goes by the nickname "Hex".-Early life:Stephanie was born in Sydney, Australia...
(born 31 March, 1985), Australian television presenter and video game reviewer - Stephanie BirkittStephanie BirkittStephanie Anne Birkitt was an assistant to David Letterman on Late Show with David Letterman.Although Birkitt was usually treated as a character named Vicki, in some of her appearances, Letterman referred to her by various other surreal nicknames such as Smitty, Kitty, Monty, Gunter, and Dutch...
, assistant to David Letterman on The Late Show with David Letterman - Stephanie J. BlockStephanie J. BlockStephanie J. Block is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her work on the Broadway stage. She has additionally been nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award. She released her debut solo album through PS Classics in June 2009...
, American actress and singer - Stephanie ChengStephanie ChengStephanie Cheng is a female cantopop singer in Hong Kong introduced by Go East Music . She was born in Hong Kong and studied at Heep Yunn College and the Australian International School...
(born 1984), singer and starlet in Hong Kong - Stephanie ColeStephanie ColeStephanie Cole, OBE is an English stage, television, and film actress, best known for playing characters a great deal older than her actual age.-Early life:...
(born 1941), British actress - Stephanie DosenStephanie DosenStephanie Dosen is an American singer-songwriter. She was raised in Wisconsin. Her songs have been featured on the soundtracks of Dawson's Creek, NUMB3RS and Party of Five....
, American singer - Stephanie FearonStephanie FearonStephanie Leanne Fearon is a British stage and television actress most noted for her TV appearances in the CITV show My Parents Are Aliens and the BBC talent-search Over The Rainbow....
(born 1989), British singer and actress - Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de GenlisStéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de GenlisMadame de Genlis, full name Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis, or Madame Brûlart, was a French writer, harpist and educator.-Biography:...
(1746–1830), French writer and educator - Stephanie FinochioStephanie FinochioStephanie Finochio is an American stuntwoman and retired professional wrestler and valet better known by her ring name Trinity...
, a.k.a. Trinity (born 1971), American stuntwoman and professional wrestling valet - Stephanie ForresterStephanie Forrester (athlete)Stephanie Forrester is an athlete from the United Kingdom, who competes in triathlon.Forrester competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took fifteenth place with a total time of 2:03:56.11. That same year, Forrester took 1st place at the 2000 ITU Duathlon World...
, British triathlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Stefani Germanotta, a.k.a. Lady Gaga, American recording artist
- Stefanie Maria “Steffi” GrafSteffi GrafSteffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
(born 1969), German tennis player, former World No. 1 woman tennis player - Stephanie GrafStephanie GrafStephanie Graf is a former Austrian middle distance runner.She finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current...
, former Austrian middle distance athlete, competed in the 2000 Olympics - Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (born 1970), American lawyer and politician, U.S. representative from South Dakota
- Stephanie HornerStephanie HornerStephanie Horner is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. After having won four medals at the 2007 Pan American Games Horner competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...
(born 1989), Canadian swimmer - Stephanie Hwang, a.k.a. Tiffany (born 1989), Korean-American singer, a member of Korean pop group Girls' GenerationGirls' GenerationGirls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun...
. - Stephanie JaramilloStephanie JaramilloStephanie "Golden Girl" Jaramillo is a former professional boxer. She has been inducted into the Amateur Athletic World Hall of Fame Museum for Outstanding Boxing Achievement.-Childhood:...
(born 1982), American Professional Boxer (retired), - Stephanie Tubbs JonesStephanie Tubbs JonesStephanie "Tubbs" Jones was a Democratic politician and member of the United States House of Representatives. She represented the 11th District of Ohio, which encompasses most of downtown and eastern Cleveland and many of the eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County, including Euclid, Cleveland Heights,...
(1949-2008), American politician, representative from Ohio - Stephanie Kim (born 1987), Korean singer, a member of The GraceThe GraceThe Grace or The Graces may refer to:*Charites of Greek mythology*The Grace , a Korean girl band, otherwise known as CSJH the Grace, TSZX the Grace and so on;*The Graces , a late 1980s and early 1990s American band...
. - Stephanie KwolekStephanie KwolekStephanie Louise Kwolek is a Polish-American chemist who invented poly-paraphenylene terephtalamide—better known as Kevlar. She was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Kwolek has won numerous awards for her work in polymer chemistry.- Early life and education :Kwolek was...
(born 1923), Polish-American chemist and the inventor of Kevlar - Stéphanie LapointeStéphanie LapointeStéphanie Lapointe is a Quebec singer, song writer, television and movie actress and humanitarian activist. She is best known as the winner of the second season of Star Académie, the Quebec version of Fame Academy....
(born 1984), Quebec singer and actress - Stephanie LaurensStephanie LaurensStephanie Laurens is a best-selling Australian author of romance novels.-Biography:Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka, which was at the time the British colony of Ceylon. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she was raised. After continuing through school and...
, Romance author - Stefanie LawtonStefanie LawtonStefanie Lawton is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Championships, she would go on to win the 2000 Championships with the help of her team of sister Marliese Miller , Stacy Helm and Amanda MacDonald . At the worlds that year, she...
(née Stefanie Miller), Canadian curler from Saskatchewan - Stephanie LuzieStephanie LuzieStephanie Luzie Meier is a German gothic and symphonic metal singer. She currently sings in the bands Atargatis and Darkwell.-With Atargatis:*Alba Gebraich *Accurst from the Deep...
, German gothic metal singer - Stephanie MarchStephanie MarchStephanie Caroline March is an American actress, best known for her current portrayal of Alexandra Cabot on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.-Early life:...
(born 1974), American actress - Stephanie Pace MarshallStephanie Pace MarshallDr. Stephanie Pace Marshall is an educator and the founding president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She is also the founding president of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology .-Education:Marshall received a BA from...
, American educator and founder of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy - Stephenie MeyerStephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally, with translations into 37 different languages...
, American author of the Twilight series - Stephanie McIntoshStephanie McIntoshStephanie McIntosh is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.-Background:McIntosh attended Firbank and then Melbourne Girls...
(born 1985), Australian actress - Stephanie McMahon (born 1976), daughter of World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vince McMahon, former in-ring performer
- Stephanie McMichael (born 1989), Big Brother 2008 contestant
- Stephanie MillerStephanie MillerStephanie Catherine Miller is an American comedienne and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a progressive talk radio program produced in Los Angeles and syndicated nationally by Dial Global. Talkers magazine ranked her as the 24th most important radio talk show host in America for 2010.-Early...
(born 1961), American actress and radio talk show host - Stephanie MillsStephanie MillsStephanie Dorthea Mills is an American R&B and soul singer, and a former Broadway star.-Career:Mills began her career appearing in her first play at the age of nine. Two years later, Mills won Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater a record six times...
(born 1957), American R&B and soul singer and former Broadway star - Stefani MorganStefani MorganStefani Morgan is a former American pornographic actress.Graduating from high school at age 16, Morgan began mainstream modeling when she was 17. During that time she met Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild video fame at a nightclub, who in turn introduced her to Steven Hirsch, head of Vivid...
- Stephanie Moulton SarkisStephanie Moulton SarkisStephanie Moulton Sarkis is a specialist in the treatment of ADD/ADHD and the author of four books on adult ADHD. She is a practicing Licensed Mental Health Counselor and National Certified Counselor based in Boca Raton, FL. She specializes in ADHD and its impact on college performance and...
, American psychotherapist and author - Stephanie Nicks, also known as Stevie NicksStevie NicksStephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...
(born 1948), American singer and songwriter member of Fleetwood Mac. - Stephanie PakrulStephanie PakrulStephanie Pakrul , better known as StephTheGeek, is an internet personality. Currently living in Oakland, California, she is a former resident of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She studied as an information technology student at Ryerson University, also in Toronto...
, a.k.a. StephTheGeek (born 1982), American blogger - Stephanie Pohl (born 1978), German beach volleyball player
- Stefanie PowersStefanie PowersStefanie Powers is an American actress best known for her role as Jennifer Hart in the 1980s television series Hart to Hart.-Early life:...
(born 1942), American actress - Stephanie RiceStephanie RiceStephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane...
(born 1988), Australian swimmer - Stefanie Ridel, American singer with the band Wild Orchid
- Stephanie RomanovStephanie RomanovStephanie A. Romanov is an American model and actress, best known for playing Lilah Morgan on Angel.-Career:She first began modeling in Europe and was discovered at 15 by Elite Model Management founder, John Casablancas. Her first professional modeling job was in Europe, shooting fashion layouts...
(born 1969), model and actress - Stephanie SeymourStephanie SeymourStephanie Michelle Seymour is an American model and actress. Seymour has modeled for many notable fashion magazines and designers, and has been photographed by several well-known photographers including Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon, and Mario Testino.-Career:Born in San Diego,...
, supermodel - Stephanie StorpStephanie StorpStephanie Storp is a retired female shot putter from Germany. Her best performance was winning the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships, with a throw of 19.22 metres. She also won the silver medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships, and represented her country in the Summer Olympics of...
(born 1968), German shot putter - Stefanie SunStefanie SunStefanie Sun was born Sng Ee Tze on 23 July 1978, and known to fans as 13姐 , is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She has sold over 30 million copies of her albums during the span of her career thus far. She does the majority of her recording, and conducts most of her publicity events, in Taiwan,...
(born 1978), Singaporean popular singer - Stephanie WilsonStephanie WilsonStephanie Diana Wilson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew on her first mission in space on board the Space Shuttle mission STS-121, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison.-Education:In middle school, Wilson interviewed an Astronomy professor...
, (born 1966), American astronaut - Stephanie ZimbalistStephanie ZimbalistStephanie Zimbalist is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt on the NBC detective series Remington Steele.-Background:...
(born 1956), American actress, daughter of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Fictional persons
- Stephanie Brown, a.k.a. Spoiler, costumed hero in DC Comics, part of the Batman Family
- Stephanie Crawford from To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature...
by Harper LeeHarper LeeNelle Harper Lee is an American author known for her 1960 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama... - Stephanie Douglas ForresterStephanie Douglas ForresterStephanie Forrester is a fictional character on the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She is known for her on-again, off-again marriages to the famed fashion designer, Eric Forrester, and for her rivalry with Brooke Logan, who has been involved with Eric and her sons, Ridge and Thorne...
, character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... - Stephanie "Steffy" ForresterSteffy ForresterStephanie "Steffy" Spencer is a fictional character on the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is the beautiful, scheming, seductive daughter of Ridge Forrester and Taylor Hamilton Hayes and the twin sister of Phoebe...
, character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... - Stephanie of LazyTownStephanie (LazyTown)Stephanie is a fictional main character from the children's television show LazyTown. She inspires the citizens of LazyTown to stay active. She has pink hair and is often referred to as 'Pinky' by Trixie. She came to town to visit her uncle, Milford Meanswell, the mayor of LazyTown...
, a fictional character in the children's TV show LazyTown - Stephanie PlumStephanie PlumStephanie Plum is a fictional character and the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. She is a spunky combination of Nancy Drew and Dirty Harry, and - although a female bounty hunter - is the opposite of Domino Harvey...
, bounty hunter and title character from the Janet EvanovichJanet EvanovichJanet Evanovich is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to...
series - Stephanie Powell of the U.S. TV series No Ordinary FamilyNo Ordinary FamilyNo Ordinary Family is an American television series on ABC. The 45-minute science fiction comedy-drama was produced by ABC Studios for the 2010–11 television season. The series ran from September 28, 2010 to April 5, 2011, on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/PT...
- Stephanie ScullyStephanie ScullyStephanie Jo "Steph" Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Carla Bonner. She made her first on-screen appearance on 21 October 1999. Stephanie is the eldest daughter of Joe and Lyn Scully and the mother to a son, Charlie...
from Australian TV drama NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems... - Stephanie Speck from the movie Short CircuitShort CircuitShort Circuit is a 1986 comedy science fiction film starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg and directed by John Badham. Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, and G. W...
- Stephanie Tanner, character on the U.S. TV series Full House
- Stephanie Vandergosh of Better Luck TomorrowBetter Luck TomorrowBetter Luck Tomorrow is a 2002 crime-drama film directed by Justin Lin. The movie is about Asian American overachievers who become bored with their lives and enter a world of petty crime and material excess...
- Stephanie Vanderkellen from the U.S. TV series NewhartNewhartNewhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and wife who owned and operated an inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was home to many eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to May 21, 1990...
- Stephanie Zinone (played by Michelle PfeifferMichelle PfeifferMichelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
), the leading female character in the American movie, Grease 2Grease 2Grease 2 is a 1982 American musical film and sequel to Grease, which is based upon the musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Grease 2 was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood, and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, who also choreographed the first film... - Stephanie Johnson, from the American soap opera Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...