Istifanus

ko **Steven** Sunan farko ne na Turanci. Yana da mahimmanci ga Kiristoci, saboda ya kasance na Saint Stephen (Girkanci na dā: ,  Stéphanos, lit. 'wreath, kambi'), almajiri na farko da dikon wanda, bisa ga Littafin Ayyukan Manzanni, an jajjefe shi har ya mutu; an dauke shi a matsayin shahadar farko (ko "protomartyr") na Ikilisiyar Kirista.

Sunan, a cikin nau'ikan Stephen da Steve, sau da yawa ana taƙaita shi zuwa Steve ko Stevie. A cikin Turanci, nau'in mace na sunan shine Stephanie .

An samo sunaye da yawa daga sunan farko, gami da Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, da Stevenson, dukansu suna nufin "Stephen's (son) ". A zamanin yau an ba da sunan wani lokaci tare da rubutun da ba na al'ada ba, kamar **Stevan** ko **Stevon**. Wani bambancin sunan da aka saba amfani da shi a Turanci shine Stephan (/ˈstɛfən/ STEF-ən); sunayen da suka danganci waɗanda suka sami wasu kuɗi ko muhimmancin a Turanci sun haɗa da STEF-ən(given_name)" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stefan (given name)">Stefan (mai suna /ˈstɛfən/ ST EF-ən ko //stəˈfɑːn// stə-FAHN a Turanci), Esteban (sau da yawa ana kiran /ˈɛstɪbæn/ EST-ib-an), da Stephano_(The_Tempest)" id="mwLA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stephano (The Tempest)">Shakespearean Stephano (//ˈstɛfənoʊ// STEF -ən-oh).

## Asalin
The name "Stephen" (and its common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek  (), a first name from the Greek word  (), meaning 'wreath, crown' and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', from the verb  (), 'to encircle, to wreathe'. In Ancient Greece, crowning wreaths (such as laurel wreaths) were given to the winners of contests. Originally, as the verb suggests, the noun had a more general meaning of any "circle" – including a circle of people, a circling wall around a city, and, in its earliest recorded use, the circle of a fight, which is found in the Iliad of Homer.

## Shahararren
A cikin Ƙasar Ingila, ya kai kololuwa a cikin shekarun 1950 da 1960 a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan sunayen maza goma na farko (na uku a 1954) amma ya faɗi zuwa na ashirin a shekara ta 1984 kuma ya faɗi daga saman ɗari a shekara ta 2002.  An sanya sunan a matsayi na 201 a Amurka a cikin 2009, a cewar Hukumar Tsaro ta Jama'a. Sunan ya kai shahararsa a shekara ta 1951 amma ya kasance sananne sosai a tsakiyar shekarun 1990, lokacin da shahararsa ta fara raguwa a Amurka.

A Ingila da Wales, babu "Stephen" ko "Steven" daga cikin manyan sunayen 100 ga jarirai a cikin 2003-2007. A Scotland, "Steven" da "Stephen" sun kasance na takwas da na goma mafi mashahuri ga jarirai a 1975, amma ba su cikin manyan goma a cikin 1900, 1950 ko 2000 ba. "Stephen" ya kasance na 68 a cikin 1900,  da 46 a cikin 1950,  yayin da "Steven" bai kasance a saman 100 ba a kowace shekara. Babu rubutun da ke cikin manyan sunayen 100 na jarirai a Scotland a shekara ta 2008.

A Amurka, rubutun "Stephen" ya kai matsayi na shahara tsakanin 1949 da 1951, lokacin da ya kasance sunan 19 mafi mashahuri ga jarirai. Ya kasance a cikin manyan sunayen yara maza 100 daga 1936 zuwa 2000, kuma mafi yawan shekaru tsakanin 1897 da 1921. A shekara ta 2008 shine sunan 192 mafi yawan yara maza. Rubutun "Steven" ya kai mafi girma a lokacin 1955-1961, lokacin da ya kasance na goma mafi mashahuri ga jarirai. Ya kasance a cikin manyan sunayen yara maza 100 daga 1941 zuwa 2007. A shekara ta 2008 ita ce sunan da ya fi shahara na 104 ga yara maza. Kafin karni na 20, rubutun "Steven" ya fi ƙarfin "Stephen", bai kai sama da 391st ba.
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