Steffen

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Low German and Danish form of Stefan

Related Names

See Stephanus

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Steffensen

Female

Steffensdatter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Steffen
Genitive:	Steffens

- Finnish
Nominative:	Steffen
Genitive:	Steffenin
Partitive:	Steffeniä

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Steffen
Genitive:	Steffens

- Swedish
Nominative:	Steffen
Genitive:	Steffens

Name Day

Norway

26 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 15th century
• Sweden: 1911

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: 1970-1990
• Norway: 1985-2000

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Bornholm
  • Sjælland

Namesakes

• Steffen Brandt (born 14 June 1953) is a Danish singer, songwriter and composer
• Steffen Iversen (born 10 November 1976), Norwegian footballer

The German pronunciation of Steffen can be found on our sister site www.germannames.de.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Denmark		6710	n.a.	0	n.a.	6710	n.a.
Sweden		183	273	0	0	183	273
Finland		n.a.	258	0	0	n.a.	258
Greenland		40	97	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland		2	2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		3776	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	3776	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend