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It's tiring. Sensible, stale, wannabe ballerina. Steph is a dreadful, sweaty, softball name. Stevie fits in neatly between flowy Stevie Nicks vibes and Victorian street urchin vibes.

It's tiring. Sensible, stale, wannabe ballerina. Steph is a dreadful, sweaty, softball name. Stevie fits in neatly between flowy Stevie Nicks vibes and Victorian street urchin vibes.

I actually like Stephanie. It also reminds me of a song. (Young MA...) It think it’s a very nice name, interesting meaning and pretty cool with some nice namesakes. I can imagine Stephanie on a girl because of Stevie Nicks, I don’t really care for the nickname Stevie but it’s spunky and cute. It’s kind of like how I feel about the pronunciation of Steven on Stephen. Don’t like it. Steph is okay and naturally.

I like it, and would have liked to have it myself, or give it. I guess Steph is pretty inevitable at least sometimes, but I hate Stevie; it's so butchy on a girl, and so babyish on a boy.
I think Stephanie is pretty much a classic. A friend of mine is big into genealogy, and is of Polish descent. There's a big Polish-American population in northern Delaware, and that's where his family all ended up once they came to the US. According to him, Stephanie shows up a lot in early 20th century census records for the area, there are several on both sides of his family.

I love the name Stephanie! It flows nicely off of the tongue and it’s well-know. Steph is a cute nickname, also.

Stephanie is a pretty name, with good nickname opportunities (I'm actually quite fond of Stevie). However, it's becoming quite dated for my generation (Millennials - also a lot of Gen-Xers) and will eventually be an "old lady name" because of this (anything that spikes in popularity will).

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Stephania is also cool, and much less common.

I don't think it's HORRIBLE, but it's certainly dated already, similar to names like Lori and Stacy. I like Stevie better, it has more spunk to it. Steph is cool too, although a bit masculine.

Stephanie is one of those “dated classic” names. I kind of like but since I know a ton my age, it seems like nothing special.

I love it. it's a pity it took off so much in the Steffi Graf tennis champ era because its rise then has meant a fall and the perception that it's dated. I knew sisters called Valerie and Stephanie - really envied Stephanie her beautiful name. Valerie, not so much.

It's definitely OK, but I like Stephen (not Steven though) for a boy much better so I'd never use Stephanie.
ETA I've only ever encountered Steph as a nn; Stevie doesn't appeal to me at all, but Steph is fine.

This message was edited 6/28/2022, 1:26 AM

I don't have anything against the name. It's perfectly fine.

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My biggest issue with it is the fact that it sounds dated at this point - not dated for a mature adult woman, but dated for a baby being born. The majority of women named Stephanie I know are older than I am (I'm 29).

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I've never met anyone who actually used the nickname Stevie, but several who have used Steph. (I also know one who went by Fanny. So. There's that.)

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As far as the elderly women - depends on what your definition is of "elderly." Stevie Nicks' given name is Stephanie, for example. The majority of Stephanies I've encountered are between their 30s and 50s.