Stephen

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

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





  -Stefan









  ("Estienne" is an obsolete spelling), Stéphane

  -Stefanos







  -Stiibun, Stiibu
Korean: 스티븐




 Montenegrin: Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Шћепан/Šćepan
 Myanmar: စတီဗင်




  -Stepan








  -Stepan, Stefan (Степан [Stepan] is a more western Ukrainian usage)


Historical figures known by the name Stephen
Saints
 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
 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
 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
 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

Category:Given names