Stefan is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Stefan isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Stefan ranks 793. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Stefan. In the entire USA, approximately 16,546 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Stefan. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.
Stefan, sometimes spelled Stephan, is derived from the Greek name [Stephanos] meaning ‘wreath’, ‘crown’ or ‘fame’. Stefan is common in many European countries including Germany, Scandinavian countries, Poland, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. The English form is Stephen.
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Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter S is a quite popular first letter for boys’ names. Because: 5.9% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J, A and D.
With six letters, the name Stefan is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
This means that with 5.9% of all boys' names that begin with an S, this first letter is much more common than all 26 letters on average - and the most popular one of all the boys’ names starting with S is Steven.
If your name is Stefan and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Stefan, you can simply say:
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Tiger
Elephant
Fox
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Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Stefan sounds like this:
