Meaning of the nameEstefânia

Female
Greek origin
Es-te-fâ-ni-a

Estefânia is a female name of Greek origin, a feminine form linked to Estêvão, whose Greek name Stéphanos means 'crown'.

Meaning

“crown”

Source: Behind the Name: Stephen · Wiktionary: Estêvão

People (2022): 7,382
Rank in Brazil: #2,098
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 8,430; people

Estefânia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Estefânia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,185 people).

7,346 women 36 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Estefânia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Estefânia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	1,575	0.008%
São Paulo	1,303	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	509	0.003%
Ceará	440	0.005%
Pernambuco	354	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	345	0.003%
Paraná	315	0.003%
Goiás	267	0.004%
Bahia	263	0.002%
Paraíba	237	0.006%
Espírito Santo	234	0.006%
Santa Catarina	219	0.003%
Mato Grosso	143	0.004%
Amazonas	140	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	140	0.004%
Pará	130	0.002%
Alagoas	123	0.004%
Maranhão	106	0.002%
Distrito Federal	102	0.004%
Piauí	99	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	80	0.003%
Roraima	61	0.010%
Acre	58	0.007%
Sergipe	49	0.002%
Rondônia	48	0.003%
Tocantins	36	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Estefânia

Wiktionary defines Estefânia as the feminine of Estefânio, equivalent to the English Stephanie. Behind the Name presents Stephanie as the feminine of Stephen and lists Estefânia as a Portuguese form; for Stephen, it gives Estêvão as the Portuguese form and the Greek Stephanos, 'crown'. Wiktionary derives Estêvão from the Latin Stephanus, from the Greek Στέφανος, from στέφανος, 'crown'. The sense 'crown' is therefore that of the masculine base. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,382 people named Estefânia, with a median age of 32.

Sources

Wiktionary: Estefânia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Estefânio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Stephanie · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Stephen · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Estêvão · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Estefânia

What does the name Estefânia mean?

Estefânia means “crown”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Estefânia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,382 people with the first name Estefânia, which ranks it number 2,098 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Estefânia a boy's or a girl's name?

Estefânia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,346 women and 36 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Estefânia?

Estefânia is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Estefânia most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.008% of the state's population is named Estefânia (1,575 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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