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Stephen
Pronunciation	English pronunciation:/ˈstiːvən/
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Greek
Meaning	Crown; wreath
Other names
Nickname(s)	Steve
Derived	Greek: Στέφανος
Related names	Stephanie, Steven

Stephen or Steven (generally pronounced English pronunciation:/ˈstiːvən/)[1] is an English masculine first name, comes the Latin form Stephanus and that from the Greek Στέφανος (Stephanos), which means "crown" or "wreath."[2] This name was ranked #341 on the US Popular Names in 2021. [3]

Other spellings are Stephan, Stefan, Stephaen, Stevie, and Stevon. Steve is the common short form and various diminutives such as Stevie are also found. Many family names come from Stephen: the most common are Stephens/Stevens and Stephenson/Stevenson (others include Stephen, Stephan, Stefan, Stevin, and Stever).

In various languages

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• Afrikaans: Stefan, Stefaan, Stëven
• Albanian: Shtjefen, or Stefan
• Arabic: إصتفان, ستيف, ستيفن
• Armenian: Ստեփանոս, Ստեփան
• Azerbaijani: İstfan, Stepan
• Bulgarian: Стефан -Stefan
• Catalan: Esteve
• Chinese:史蒂芬, 史地芬, 斯德望, 斯蒂芬
• Yue Chinese: 史提芬
• Croatian: Stjepan, Stipe
• Czech: Štěpán
• Danish: Steffen, Stephen, Stefan, Stephan
• Dutch: Steven, Stefaan, Stefanus
• Fijian: Sitiveni
• Finnish: Tapani, Teppo
• French: Étienne ("Estienne" is an obsolete spelling), Stéphane
• German: Stefan, Stephan, Steffen
• Greek: Στέφανος -Stefanos
• Haitian Creole: Étyen
• Hawaiian: Kepano, Kiwini
• Hebrew: סטפן
• Hungarian: István
• Icelandic: Stefán
• Irish: Steabhán, Stiofán/Stiofáin
• Italian: Stefano
• Japanese: スティーブン、スティーブ -Stiibun, Stiibu
• Korean: 스티븐
• Latin: Stephanus
• Lithuanian: Steponas, Stepas
• Macedonian: Стефан, Стеван, Стево, Стефче
• Maltese: Stiefnu
• Montenegrin: Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Шћепан/Šćepan
• Myanmar: စတီဗင်
• Norwegian: Steffen
• Polish: Stefan, Szczepan
• Portuguese: Estevão
• Romanian: Ştefan
• Russian: Стефан, Степан -Stepan
• Scottish Gaelic: Stíobhan
• Serbian: Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Степан/Stepan, Шћепан/Šćepan, Стијепо/Stijepo, Стево/Stevo
• Slovene: Štefan
• Slovak: Štefan
• Spanish: Esteban
• Swedish: Staffan, Stefan
• Tagalog: Esteban
• Turkish: İstefanos
• Ukrainian: Степан, Стефан -Stepan, Stefan (Степан [Stepan] is a more western Ukrainian usage)
• Welsh: Steffan

Historical figures known by the name Stephen

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Saints

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• Saint Stephen, the first martyr of Christianity (The Feast of Saint Stephen is celebrated on December 26 in the Western Church and December 27 in the Eastern Church.)
• Saint Stephen, the first king of Hungary
• St. Stephen of Surozh, see Bravlin for details.
• Stephen, one of the pair of Christian saints and martyrs Socrates and Stephen

Royalty

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• Stephen of Armenia
• Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria
• Stephen of England
• Stephen I of Hungary
• Stephen II of Hungary
• Stephen III of Hungary
• Stephen IV of Hungary
• Stephen V of Hungary
• Stephen III of Moldavia
• Stefan Uros I
• Stefan Uros II
• Stefan Uros III
• Stefan Uroš IV
• Stefan Uros V
• Stefan Vladislav I
• Stefan Vladislav II
• Stefan Nemanja
• Stefan Prvovenčani
• Stefan Radoslav
• Stefan Lazarević
• Stefano de Renniko
• Stefan I Crnojevic - ruler of Zeta
• Stjepan Držislav - King Of Croatia

Church figures

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• Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople
• Patriarch Stephen II of Constantionople
• Pope Stephen I
• Pope-elect Stephen
• Pope Stephen II
• Pope Stephen III
• Pope Stephen IV
• Pope Stephen V
• Pope Stephen VI
• Pope Stephen VII
• Pope Stephen VIII
• Pope Stephen IX
• Stephanus I, bishop of Aquileia from AD 515
• Stephanus II Patriarch of Grado from AD 670
• Stephen, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1128-1130.

Other

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• Stephanus of Byzantium
• Stephanus Med. and Stephanus, Phil, two 7th century physicians, see List of ancient doctors
• Henri Estienne (1528-1598), a printer and humanist generally now known by the Latin version of his name, Stephanus.
• Stephen, a character in the 1970s science fiction series The Tomorrow People
• "Steven", a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Doug Allen
• Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

References

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1. ↑ "Definition of Stephen | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
2. ↑ "Stephen name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
3. ↑ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-26.

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