Steph
English
Etymology
Female: shortened from Stephanie, from French Stéphanie.
Male: shortened from Stephan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɛf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛf
Proper noun
Steph
- A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
- 2025 May 8, Kieran Pender, “Steph Gilmore: ‘I was looking for something more, in myself and in my surfing’”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Gilmore, a guitarist, first performed with Spiderbait at Falls Festival in Byron Bay a decade ago, and has since joined the Australian rockers for a number of surfing-adjacent gigs. “Steph is a double mega shredder!” the band said recently.
- A diminutive of the male given names Stephan or Stephen.