Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Stefan

STEFAN

GENDER: Masculine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Стефан (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)

PRONOUNCED: SHTE-fahn (German), STAY-fahn (Dutch), STE-fahn (Polish) [key]

Meaning & History

Form of STEPHEN

Related Names

VARIANTS: Steffen, Stephan (German), Staffan (Swedish), Steffen (Norwegian), Steffen (Danish), Stefanus, Steffen (Dutch), Szczepan (Polish), Stevan, Stjepan (Serbian)

DIMINUTIVES: Stef (Dutch), Stevo (Serbian)

FEMININE FORMS: Stefana (Dutch), Stefania (Polish), Stefanija (Macedonian)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Stephanos (Ancient Greek), Stepan (Armenian), Estebe, Eztebe (Basque), Stephen (Biblical), Stephanos (Biblical Greek), Stephanus (Biblical Latin), Esteve (Catalan), Stjepan, Štefan, Stevan, Stevo, Stipan, Stipe, Stipo (Croatian), Štěpán (Czech), Stephen, Ste, Steph, Steve, Steven, Stevie (English), Tapani, Tahvo, Teppo (Finnish), Étienne, Stéphane (French), Estevo (Galician), Stefanos, Stephanos (Greek), István, Pista, Pisti (Hungarian), Stiofán (Irish), Stefano (Italian), Stefans (Latvian), Steponas (Lithuanian), Tipene (Maori), Estienne (Medieval French), Estève (Occitan), Estevão (Portuguese), Ștefan, Fane (Romanian), Stepan (Russian), Steafan, Steaphan, Steenie (Scottish), Štefan (Slovak), Štefan (Slovene), Esteban, Estavan (Spanish), Steffan (Welsh)

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