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