Stefan

German, Scandinavian, Polish, and Russian variation of Stephen

"garland, crown"

Stefan Origin and Meaning

The name Stefan is a boy's name of German origin.

An elegant, continental name for the post-Steve era. It debuted on the US Top 1000 in 1949 and has been on the list every year since except for a year off in 2008.

Stefan Rank in US Top 1000

# 1000 in the US

Stefan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1729 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Stefan

• 1000 US 2024
• 1729 Nameberry 2025
• 590 Future 2028
• 355 England 2023
• 264 Germany 2016
• 11 Iceland 2014
• 60 Poland 2024
• 89 Slovenia 2019

20 Names Similar to Stefan

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Stefan.

• Erik
• Ricardo
• Stephan
• Luis
• Zachariah
• Maximiliano
• Marcos
• Nikolas
• Nathanael
• Francesco
• Nickolas
• Andre
• Angelo
• Sergio
• Tomas
• Gustavo
• Giovanni
• Emmanuel
• Théodore
• Stefano

Famous People Named Stefan

• Stefan Uroš IV Dušan King of Serbia
• (Kjell) Stefan Löfven Prime Minister of Sweden
• Stefan Logan American football player
• Stefan Zweig Austrian novelist
• Stefan Kießling German footballer
• Stefán Karl Stefánsson Icelandic actor
• Stefan Bengt Edberg Swedish tennis player
• Stefan Jaimy Struve Dutch mixed martial artist
• Stefan Kendal Gordy aka Redfoo American rapper and singer
• Stefan Basil Molyneux Canadian podcaster and YouTuber
• Stefan Corbin Burnett aka MC Ride American rapper
• Stefan Kapičić Serbian actor
• Stefan Walter Hell Romanian,German physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Stefan Li Youtuber, creator of StefandStefani
• Stefan James Donald John "Stef" Abingdon English YouTuber and musician of The Midnight Beast
• Stefan Djokovic son of tennis star Novak Djokovic

The name Stefan in Pop Culture

• Stefan Salvatore character in TV series "The Vampire Diaries"