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A friend of ours who is of Polish descent found out his great-great-grandmother (not sure how many greats) was Stefania, but her nn when she came to the US ended up Tessie. Stephanie is a name that shows up several times in his family over the generations, and from what he told me of his genealogy research, it's pretty common among Polish-American people. As is Stanley for males; he found out that in some places Stanley is actually slang for any Polish male.

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So there's a precedent, but Tess seems a stretch as a nn for Stephanie in general. I love Stephanie and would like to have been named it myself. Tess seems frumpy and plain.

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