About the Stef Surname

If your family name is Stef, its origin lies with Steffen, a long-established German surname. At root, the name means “From the personal name Steffen”.

A variant of Steffen

Before spelling was fixed, Steffen was also written Stef. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Staffan.

Stef by the numbers

Between 1891 and 2000, 410 babies born in France were registered as Stef, with the most births in 1961–1970. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

Heraldry and the Stef name

Arms linked to Steffen and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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