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Stefania (name)

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Stephanie
PronunciationSh-te-pha-nee-ah
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameOld Greek
MeaningCrowned
Other names
Related namesStefánia (used in Hungarian), Stephanie, Stefa (also used in Polish), Stepania (also used in Russian). Other English forms include the shortenings Stef, Steph, Stepha, and Stephi, the familiar forms Fanny (also used in French), Steffi (also used in German, and Greek), Steffie, Stefi, Stevey, Stevi, and Stevie, and the spelling variants Stefanie (also used in French, and German). Forms used in foreign languages include the Spanish Estebana, the Portuguese Estefana, the Spanish Estefani, the Spanish Estefanía, the Greek Stamatios, the Greek Stefana, the Russian Stefanida, the Polish Stefcia, the Czech and Polish Stefka, the Macedonian Stefanija, the Russian Stepa, the Russian Stepanida, the Russian Stepanyda, the German Stephanine, the Russian Stesha, the Russian Steshka, the French Stéphanie. The familiar forms Faina (Russian), Fania (Italian), and Panya (Russian), and the spelling variant Stefani (German and Italian) are other foreign forms.

Stefania [in all languages except for Polish pronounced like Ste-pha-nee-ah] is a female name in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Stefánia Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovene, Ukrainian and Russian,[1][2][3] originating from Old Greek meaning crowned or the winning.[4]

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Name days

  • December 27 in Greece [5]
  • December 26 in Italy [6]
  • September 18 in Poland [7]
  • November 24 in Russia [8]
  • November 28 in Hungary
  • December 26 in Czech Republic
  • December 27 in Romania

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stefania". Baby Namespedia. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Stefania". Behind the Name. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Stefania". Detstvo Russian baby names. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Stefania". Baby Vornamen. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Stefania". Greek Names. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Stefania". About.com Italian Language. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Polish Name Days - Behind the Name". Behind the Name.
  8. ^ "Stefania". Million Podarkov (Russian). Retrieved 4 March 2012.
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