Stefania (name)

Stefania
Miss Universe 2009, Stefania
Pronunciation	[ 3 syll. (s)te-fa-nia, st-efan-ia ]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Old Greek
Meaning	Crowned
Other names
Related names	Stephanie, Estafania, Estefania (also used in Spanish), Estephanie (also used in Spanish), Esteva, Fanya, Phanya, Stefa (also used in Polish), Stefanee, Steffa, Steffaney, Steffani, Steffine, Stefia, Stefne, Stepania (also used in Russian), Stepanie, Stephana, Stephanas, Stephane, Stephanee, Stephania, Stephanida, Stephann, Stephene, Stepheney, Stephia, Stephianie, Stephie, Stephine, Stephnie, Stephy, Stevana, Stevanee, Stevena, Stevonna, Stevonne, Stevy, Teena, Zephania, and Zephanie. 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 Stefaney, Stefanie (also used in French, and German), Stefany, Steffanie, Steffany, Stepfanie, Stephaine, Stephaney, Stephani, Stephannie, Stephany, Stephenie, Stephney, and Stephyne. 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 Russian Stepa, the Russian Stepanida, the Russian Stepanyda, the German Stephanine, the Russian Stesha, the Russian Steshka, the French Stéphanie, and the French Trinnette. The familiar forms Faina (Russian), Fania (Italian), and Panya (Russian), and the spelling variant Stefani (German and Italian) are other foreign forms.

Stefania is a female name in Czech, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian and Russian,^[1][2][3] originating from Old Greek meaning crowned or the winning.^[4]

People with this name

• Stefania Belmondo (born 1969), Italian cross country skier
• Stefania Barr (born 1994), American actress and musician
• Stefania Berton (born 1990), Italian pair skater
• Stefania Calegari Italian competitive ice dancer
• Stefania Dovhan Ukrainian-American soprano
• Stefanía Fernández Krupij (born 1990), 2009 Miss Universe, a Venezuelan of Ukrainian and Galician descent
• Stefania Górska (1907–1986) Polish actress, composer, singer and dancer
• Stefania Grodzieńska (1914–2010) Polish writer, stage actress and satirist
• Stefania Jabłońska (born 1920), Polish physician and professor emeritus
• Ștefania Mărăcineanu (1882-1944), Romanian physicist
• Stefania Podgórska, (born 1925) Polish righteous among the nations
• Stefania Prestigiacomo (December 16, 1966) Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
• Stefania Rizou, Greek singer
• Stefania Sandrelli (born 1946), Italian actress
• Ștefania Stănilă (born 1997), Romanian gymnast
• Ştefania Vătafu Romanian footballer
• Stefania Stanuta Belarusian actress

Places

• Stefania, Greater Poland Voivodeship (West-central Poland)
• Stefania, Łódź Voivodeship (Central Poland)

Name Days

• December 27 in Greece ^[5]
• December 26 in Italy ^[6]
• September 18 in Poland ^[7]
• November 24 in Russia ^[8]

See also

• Stephanie
• Ștefan (name)

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. "http://www.behindthename.com/namedays/country/pol". Behind the Name. External link in |title= (help);
8. "Stefania". Million Podarkov (Russian). Retrieved 4 March 2012.