Stephanos
Stephanos or Stefanos, in Greek Στέφανος, is a masculine given name derived from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), "to encircle, to wreathe". In Ancient Greece, crowning wreaths were given to the winners of contests.
- Ancient Greek
- Biblical Greek
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Stephanos
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Stephanos or Stefanos, in Greek Στέφανος, is a masculine given name derived from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), "to encircle, to wreathe". In Ancient Greece, crowning wreaths were given to the winners of contests.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Greek
- Biblical Greek
- Greek
The Story of Stephanos
American parents first put Stephanos on the record books as a baby boy name in 1985, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 10 Stephanoss were born — ranking #6,315 that year. About 39% of every Stephanos on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Stephanos last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 113 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Stephanos
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About the name Stephanos
Stephanos is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 113 births in the dataset. Stephanos's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #6,315. Use the chart and map above to compare Stephanos's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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