Stephanie

Stephanie or Stefanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stefanos) meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian "Stefania", the Portuguese Estefânia (although the use of that version has become rare, and both the English and French versions are the ones commonly used), and the Spanish Estefanía. The form Stéphanie is from the French language, but Stephanie is now widely used both in English- and Spanish-speaking cultures. Also, Stephania, Etienette, Stefa, Stefania, Stefanie, Stefanina, Steffie, Stepania, Stepanie, Stephana, Stevena, Teena, Stephenie, and Stefni.

Given names

Royalty

Stephanie (South Korean singer)

Kim Bo-kyung (born October 16, 1987), better known as Stephanie Kim or Stephanie is an American singer, dancer and musical theatre actress based in South Korea. She is member of K-pop girl group The Grace. She made her debut solo with release The New Beginning on October 8, 2012.

Career

The Grace

Stephanie made her debut as member of the South Korean girl group The Grace in 2005. The group officially debuted in April 29, 2005. Since 2010, the group currently indefinite hiatus.

Solo activities

On October 8 of 2012, Stephanie released her first solo single album The New Beginning with the title track "Game" and its music video. Her single album consists of three tracks, "Game" (title track), "Dance" (a track featuring her labelmate from SM Entertainment, Amber of f(x)) and a remix version by DJ Koo of "Game". She was rumored to have a comeback in the summer of 2014 under a new company "Mafia Records", but the comeback song - entitled "Prisoner" - was delayed until early August 2015. The music video for the follow-up single "Blackout" was released in late September 2015.Stephanie release her first mini-album in October 2015.

Stephanie Charlton

Stephanie Charlton is a fictional character in the ITV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl. She is portrayed by the actress Cherie Lunghi.

Character history

Stephanie is Belle's madam; she herself was once a call girl. Rich and glamorous, with a cutting sense of humour, and cynical attitude, she reluctantly looks out for the girls that belong to her agency. "Do you know what love is Belle? A marketing ploy, remember that".

Stephanie is portrayed as an independent woman with eyes only for money. She never reveals anything remotely personal to the call girls, however, it is assumed that she is not married, due to her various cynical remarks, such as "you do this job long enough – you want to kick the shit out of a man". She is intensely private to the extent that she insinuates that Stephanie is not her real name; however in Series 4, with the arrival of her daughter Poppy, who calls her Stephanie, it can be assumed that Stephanie is in fact her real name.