first name
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, ...
. It is particularly significant to Christians
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic religion based on the Life of Jesus in the New Testament, life and Teachings of Jesus, teachings of ...
, as it belonged to Saint Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; he, סטפנוס הקדוש, ''Stephanos HaQadosh''; c. 5 – c. 34 AD), ...
( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon
A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christianity, Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the C ...
who, according to the Book of Acts
The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum), often referred to simply as Acts, or formally the Book of Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the ...
, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr
A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem
Stem or STEM may refer to:
Biology
* Plant stem, the aboveground structures that have vascular tissue and that support leaves and flowers
** Stipe (botany), a stalk that supports some ...
(or "protomartyr
A protomartyr (Koine Greek
Koine Greek (, , Greek approximately ;. , , , lit. "Common Greek"), also known as Alexandrian dialect, common Attic, Hellenistic or Biblical Greek, was the koiné language, common supra-regional form of Greek languag ...
") of the Christian Church
Christian Church is a Protestant
Protestantism is a form of Christianity that originated with the 16th-century Reformation, a movement against what its followers perceived to be Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors in the Catholic Church. ...
. The name "Stephen" (and its common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek#REDIRECT Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece
Greece ( el, Ελλάδα, , ), officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country located in Southeast Europe. Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of ...
(), 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
Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a civilization belonging to a period of History of Greece, Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of Classical Antiquity, antiquity ( AD 600). This era wa ...
, crowning wreaths (such as laurel wreath
A laurel wreath is a round wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen, or later from spineless butcher's broom (''Ruscus hypoglossum'') or cherry laurel (''Prunus laurocerasus''). It is a sy ...
s) 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
The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; sometimes referred to as the ''Song of Ilion'' or ''Song of Ilium'') is an ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek
Moder ...
of Homer
Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') was an ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek
Modern Greek (, , or , ''Kiní Neoellinikí Glóssa''), generally re ...
.
The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is commonly shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek Original version of Stephen. In English, the female version of the name is "Stephanie
Image:Großherzogin Stephanie von Baden.jpg, Painting of Stéphanie Anne Donnell de Beauharnais by François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (1806)
Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek language, Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) ...
". Many surnames are derived from the first name, including ''Stephens'', ''Stevens'', ''Stephenson'', and ''Stevenson'', all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times especially the name has sometimes been given with intentionally nonstandard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephen ; related names that have found some currency or significance in English include Stefen (pronounced or in English), Esteban (often pronounced ), and the Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national p ...
an Stephen .
Like all biblical names, Stephen has forms in almost all major world languages. Some of these include:
(Spanish
Spanish may refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards, a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Canada
* Spanish River (disambiguation), the name of several ...
; );
(Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portug ...
);
(Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia
* Països Catalans, territories where Catalan is spoken
* C ...
);
(Occitan
Occitan (; oc, occitan, link=no ,), also known as ''lenga d'òc'' (; french: langue d'oc) by its native speakers, is a Romance language
The Romance languages, less commonly Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the modern languages that evol ...
);
and ();
(
Arabic
Arabic (, ' or , ' or ) is a Semitic language
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family originating in the Middle East
The Middle East is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental region ...
);
(HungarianHungarian may refer to:
* Hungary, a country in Central Europe
* Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946
* Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary
* Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignmen ...
; );
( Sotho);
(Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country
...
);
(German
German(s) may refer to:
Common uses
* of or related to Germany
* Germans, Germanic ethnic group, citizens of Germany or people of German ancestry
* For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
* German language
The German la ...
, Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
*Dutch language , spoken in Belgium (also referred as ''flemish'')
Dutch may also refer to:"
Castle
* Dutch Castle
Places
* ...
, Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the t ...
, Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
* Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish langua ...
, Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane", see Demographics of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity
* Danis ...
, Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to Demographics of Ukraine, in terms of demography: population of Ukraine
* Somethi ...
, Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bulg ...
, and Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* in both meanings, depending on the context, it may refer to:
** Serbian language
...
; );
(Icelandic
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to:
*Icelandic people
*Icelandic language
*Icelandic alphabet
*Icelandic cuisine
See also
* Icelander (disambiguation)
* Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandai ...
);
(Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to Demographics of Ukraine, in terms of demography: population of Ukraine
* Somethi ...
, Russian
Russian refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (русские, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (россияне), Russian language term ...
, Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken ...
);
(Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Euro ...
);
(Slovak
Slovak may refer to:
* Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'')
* Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group
* Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages
* Slovak, Arkans ...
and Slovenian
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia
* Sla ...
);
(Malagasy
Malagasy may refer to:
*Someone or something from Madagascar
*Malagasy people
*Malagasy language
*Malagasy Republic
*Related to the culture of Madagascar
See also
*Madagascar (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation
Language and nationality disambi ...
);
(Italian
Italian may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Italy
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Italian, regional variants of the ...
and Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili people
* Sw ...
);
(modern Greek
Modern Greek (, , or , ''Kiní Neoellinikí Glóssa''), generally referred to by speakers simply as Greek (, ), refers collectively to the dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' ...
, modern Hebrew
Modern Hebrew ( he, עברית חדשה, ''ʿivrít ḥadašá ', , ''Literal translation, lit.'' "Modern Hebrew" or "New Hebrew"), also known as Israeli Hebrew or Israeli, and generally referred to by speakers simply as Hebrew ( ), is the ...
, and Estonian
Estonian may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
*Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
*Estonian language
*Estonian cuisine
*Estonian culture
See also
*
* La ...
);
( Latvian and Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. With over 60 million people, it is the world's 23rd-most po ...
);
(Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, indigenous to the British Isles, spoken in Wales
** Patagonian Welsh, a dialect of Wels ...
);
(Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name Czechia and formerly known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country
A landlocked country is a country
A countr ...
);
(Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
**Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
**Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scripts ...
);
(Lithuanian
Lithuanian may refer to:
* Lithuanians
Lithuanians ( lt, lietuviai, singular ''lietuvis/lietuvė'') are a Balts, Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,561,300 people. Another million or more make up the Lith ...
);
(Irish
Irish most commonly refers to:
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North ...
);
(Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally ) is an island country
An island country or an island nation is a country
A country is a distinct territory, territorial body
or ...
);
(Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland
Poland ( pl, Polska ), officially the Republic of Poland ( pl, Rzeczpospolita Polska, links=no ), is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 Voivodeships of Pol ...
);
(Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Finnish culture
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
);
( Fijian) and (Samoan
Samoan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean
** Something of, from, or related to Samoa, a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands
** Something of, from, o ...
).
In the United Kingdom, it peaked during the 1950s and 1960s as one of the top ten male first names (ranking third in 1954) but had fallen to twentieth by 1984 and had fallen out of the top one hundred by 2002. The name was ranked 201 in the United States in 2009, according to the Social Security Administration.Popular Baby NamesSocial Security Online The name reached its peak popularity in 1951 but remained very common through the mid-1990s, when popularity started to decrease in the United States.
List of alternatives
* ''Esteban
Esteban () is a Spanish
Spanish may refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards, a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Canada
* Spanish River (disambiguati ...
'' (Spanish, Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas or ''Filipinas'' ), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, ...
, Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques
The Basques ( or ; eu, euskaldunak ; es, vascos ; french: basques ) are a Southern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a Basque culture, common culture and shared genetic ancestry to th ...
)
* ''Estepan'', ''Estebe'', ''Extiban''
* ''Estebão '' (Old Portuguese
Galician-Portuguese ( gl, galego-portugués or ', pt, galego-português or ), also known as Old Portuguese or as Medieval Galician when referring to the history of each modern language, was a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Middle A ...
)
* ''Ixtebe'' (Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques
The Basques ( or ; eu, euskaldunak ; es, vascos ; french: basques ) are a Southern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a Basque culture, common culture and shared genetic ancestry to th ...
)
* ''Estevan'' (Old Spanish
Old Spanish, also known as Old Castilian ( es, castellano antiguo; osp, romance castellano ) or Medieval Spanish ( es, español medieval), was originally a dialect of Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin, also known as Popular or Colloquial Latin, is no ...
)
* ''Estêvão'' (Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portug ...
)
* ''Esteve'' (Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia
* Països Catalans, territories where Catalan is spoken
* C ...
)
* ''Estevo'' (GalicianGalician may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Galicia (Spain)
** Galician language
** Galician people
** Gallaeci, a large Celtic tribal federation who inhabited Gallaecia (currently Galicia (Spain)
* Something of, from, or related to ...
)
* ''Étienne
Étienne, a French equivalent of Stephen
Stephen or Steven is a common English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen (Greek ''Stéphanos''), an early disciple and deac ...
'' ("" is an archaic spelling), '' Stéphan'', '' Stéphane'', ''Stéfane'', ''Stéphanne'' ()
* ''Êtiên'' (
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Oversea ...
)
* ''Étyen'' (Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no; french: créole haïtien), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language
A French creole, or French-based creole language, ...
)
* ''İstefen'', ''Stefen'' (Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
* of or about Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Turkey, is a country straddling Southeastern Europe and Western Asia. It shares borders with Greece
Greece ( el, Ελλάδα, , ), offi ...
)
* 'Siti' (Luo language, Dholuo)
* ''İstfan'', ''Stepen'' (Azeri
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar) or Azeris (), also known as Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ), are a Turkic ethnic group, living mainly in the sovereign Republic of Azerbaijan
A republic ( la, res publica
''R ...
)
* '' István'' (HungarianHungarian may refer to:
* Hungary, a country in Central Europe
* Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946
* Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary
* Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignmen ...
)
* ''Kepen'', ''Kiwini'' (Hawaiian
Hawaiian may refer to:
* Hawaii state residents, regardless of ancestry
* Native Hawaiians, the current term for the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants
* Hawaiian language
Historic uses
* things and people of the Kingdo ...
)
* ''Stefan'', ''Shtjefën'', ''Fan'', ''Sven'' (Albanian language
Albanian (; , or , ) is an Indo-European language
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to western and southern Eurasia. It comprises most of the languages of Europe together with those of the northern Indian subcontine ...
)
* ''Sitiveni'' ( Tongan, Fijian)
* '' Staffen'', ''Stefen'', ''Sven
Sven (in Danish language, Danish and Norwegian language, Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old No ...
'' (Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
* Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish langua ...
)
* ''Steabhán'', ''Stíofán'', ''Stiofán'' (Irish
Irish most commonly refers to:
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North ...
)
* '' Stefán'' (Icelandic
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to:
*Icelandic people
*Icelandic language
*Icelandic alphabet
*Icelandic cuisine
See also
* Icelander (disambiguation)
* Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandai ...
)
* ''Stefen'' (Esperanto
Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language
An international auxiliary language (sometimes abbreviated as IAL or auxlang) is a meant for communication between people from different nations ...
)
* ''Stefen
Stefen is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Stefen Fangmeier
Stefen Markus Fangmeier (born 9 December 1960 in El Paso, Texas
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United Sta ...
'' (Italian
Italian may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Italy
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Italian, regional variants of the ...
)
* ''ȘtefanȘtefan is the Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and So ...
'', with the diminutives ''Ștefănel'', ''Ștefăniță'', ''Ștefănuț'' (Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Euro ...
)
* ''Štefan'' (Slovak
Slovak may refer to:
* Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'')
* Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group
* Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages
* Slovak, Arkans ...
)
* ''Štefan'' (Slovene
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia
* Sla ...
)
* ''Stefan'', ''Stefaan'', ''Stefans'', ''Steven'', ''Stephan'' (Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. With over 60 million people, it is the world's 23rd-most po ...
, Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
*Dutch language , spoken in Belgium (also referred as ''flemish'')
Dutch may also refer to:"
Castle
* Dutch Castle
Places
* ...
)
* ''Stefan'', ''Stephan'', ''Steffen'' (German
German(s) may refer to:
Common uses
* of or related to Germany
* Germans, Germanic ethnic group, citizens of Germany or people of German ancestry
* For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
* German language
The German la ...
)
* ''Stefan'', ''Szczepan'' (Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland
Poland ( pl, Polska ), officially the Republic of Poland ( pl, Rzeczpospolita Polska, links=no ), is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 Voivodeships of Pol ...
)
* ''Steffan'', ''Stifyn'', ''Stîfyn'' (Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, indigenous to the British Isles, spoken in Wales
** Patagonian Welsh, a dialect of Wels ...
)
* ''Steffen'' (Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the t ...
)
* ''Steffen'', ''Stephen'', ''Stefan'', ''Stephan'' (Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane", see Demographics of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity
* Danis ...
)
* ''Štěpán'' (Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name Czechia and formerly known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country
A landlocked country is a country
A countr ...
)
* ''Stefen'', ''Stephen
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever rec ...
'' (Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken in the area around Rome, known as Latium. Through the power of the Roman Republic, it became ...
)
* ''Stefans'', ''Stepans'', ''Stepons'', ''Stīvens'' ( Latvian)
* '' Steponas'', ''Stepas'' (Lithuanian
Lithuanian may refer to:
* Lithuanians
Lithuanians ( lt, lietuviai, singular ''lietuvis/lietuvė'') are a Balts, Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,561,300 people. Another million or more make up the Lith ...
)
* ''Stefan'', ''Steven'' (Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula and cultural region in the west of France, covering the western part ...
)
* ''Stiefn'' (Maltese
Maltese may refer to:
* Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta
* Maltese alphabet
* Maltese cuisine
* Maltese culture
* Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people
* Maltese people, people from Malta or of Maltese ...
)
* ''Stìobhan, Stìophan, Stèaphan'' (Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language
The Goidelic or Gaelic languages ( ga, teangacha Gaelacha; gd, cànanan Goidhealach; gv, çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups o ...
)
* ''StjepanStjepan is the Serbo-Croatian variant of Stephen used by medieval Bosnians/Serbs/Croats. It may refer to:
* Stjepan Držislav of Croatia, Croatian monarch
* Stjepan II of Croatia, Croatian monarch
* Stjepan Svetoslavić, Croatian nobleman
* St ...
, Stipan, Stipe, Stipo, Stipa, Štef'', ''Stevko'', ''Stevo'' (Croatian
Croatian may refer to:
*Croatia
*Croatian cuisine
*Croatian language
*Croatian name
*Croats, people from Croatia, or of Croatian descent
*Citizens of Croatia, see demographics of Croatia
See also
* Croatia (disambiguation)
* Serbo-Croatian (di ...
)
* ''Tapani'', ''Teppana'', ''Teppo'' (Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Finnish culture
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
)
* ''Tehvan'' (Estonian
Estonian may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
*Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
*Estonian language
*Estonian cuisine
*Estonian culture
See also
*
* La ...
)
* ''Tipene'' ( Māori)
* ''Steffen'', ''Sven'' (Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the t ...
)
* Istifanous, , , , , Istifaan , Stiifan (Arabic
Arabic (, ' or , ' or ) is a Semitic language
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family originating in the Middle East
The Middle East is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental region ...
)
* (''Estiven''; Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, Persian people, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranian peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian ...
)
*ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ (''Step(h)anos''), ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲉ (''Step(h)ana''), ⲥⲉⲧⲉⲡⲫⲉⲛ (''Sedephen'') (Coptic
Coptic may refer to:
Afro-Asia
* Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya
* Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century
* Coptic alphabet, th ...
)
* סטיבן (''Stiven''; Hebrew
Hebrew (, , or ) is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is regarded as one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-survivi ...
)
* Στέφανος (''Stephen'', ''Stefen'', ''Stephanas'', ''Stepfan'', ''Stephen'', ''Stephen''; Greek#REDIRECT Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece
Greece ( el, Ελλάδα, , ), officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country located in Southeast Europe. Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of ...
)
* Степан (''Stepan,'' the most common; Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to Demographics of Ukraine, in terms of demography: population of Ukraine
* Somethi ...
), Стефан (''Stefan'')
* Стефан (''Stefan''), diminutive: Чефо (''Chefo''), Стефчо (''Stefcho''), Стефо (''Stefo''), (Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bulg ...
)
* Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Степан/Stepan, Стјепaн/Stjepan, Шћепан/Šćepan, Стево/Stevo, Стијепо/Stijepo, Шћепо/Šćepo, Стевица/Stevica (Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* in both meanings, depending on the context, it may refer to:
** Serbian language
...
)
* Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Шћепан/Šćepan ( Montenegrin)
* Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Стево/Stevo, Стефо/Stefo, Стефче/Stefche (Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia (disambiguation), Macedonia.
Macedonian may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), the South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated w ...
)
* Степан/''Stepan'', Stepa, Stepane, Stepanya, Stepka, Stipan (Russian
Russian refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (русские, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (россияне), Russian language term ...
)
* Сцяпан/''Sciapan'' (Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byeloru ...
)
* Ычтапан/Içtapan (Tatar
The Tatars (; tt, , , , crh, tatarlar; otk, 𐱃𐱃𐰺, Tatar) is an umbrella term for different Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar."
Initially, the ethnonym ''Tatar'' possibly referred to the Tatar confederation ...
)
* Ստեփանոս, Ստեփան, (''Stepʿan, ''Stepanos, Stepan'' Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken ...
)''
* სტეფანე (''Stepane'', Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
**Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
**Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scripts ...
)
* இசுடீபன் (''Estepan'', Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India, Sri Lanka and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, a Dravidian languages, ...
)
* スティーブン、スティーブ、スティーヴン (''Stiibun, Stiibu, Stiivun, Sutīvun, Sutībun''; Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally ) is an island country
An island country or an island nation is a country
A country is a distinct territory, territorial body
or ...
)
* 斯蒂芬, 史蒂芬 (''Sidifen, Shidifen''; Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin (; ) is a group of Sinitic (Chinese) languages natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China
China (), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC; ), is a country in . It is the world's , with a of more ...
)
* 스티븐 (''Seutibeun''; Korean)
* સ્ટીફન (''Sṭīphana''; Gujarati)
* स्टीफन (''Sṭīphana''; Hindi
Hindi (Devanagari: , हिंदी, ISO 15919, ISO: ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: , ISO 15919, ISO: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in Hindi Belt, North India. Hindi has been described as a Standard la ...
)
* ಸ್ಟೀಫನ್ (''Sṭīphan''; Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ; less commonly known as Kanarese) is a Dravidian language
Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic languages) are a family of languages
In human society, family (from la, familia) is a group of peop ...
)
* स्टीफन (''Sṭīphana''; Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
...
)
* Стефен (''Styefyen''; Mongolian
Mongolian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Mongolia, a country in Asia
* Mongolian people, or Mongols
* Mongolia (1911–24), the government of Mongolia, 1911–1919 and 1921–1924
* Mongolian language
* Mongolian alphabet
* Mongo ...
)
* स्टीफन (''Sṭīphana''; )
* ਸਟੀਫਨ (''Saṭīphana''; 
Punjabi
Panjābī (pʌnˈdʒɑːbi) (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) (پنجابی)
Punjabi or Panjabi most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab
Punjab ( Gurmukhi: ; Shahmukhi: ; , ; , ; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a ge ...
)
* స్తెఫను, స్టీఫెన్ (''Stephen, Sṭīphen''; Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
...
)
* สตีเฟ่น (''S̄tīfèn''; Thai
Thai or THAI may refer to:
* Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia
** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand
** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand
*** Thai script
*** Thai (Unicode block) ...
)
* (Urdu
Urdu (; ur, , ALA-LC
ALA-LC (American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonpr ...
)
* স্টিফেন (''Sṭiphēn''; Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the wr ...
), স্টিভেন (''Sṭibhēn''), স্টিভ (''Sṭibh'')
* סטעפאנוסן (''Stepanusn''; Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic
The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic languages, Germanic family of languages (the others being the ...
)
* ''Eapen (Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language
Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic languages) are a family of languages
In human society, family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recogni ...
)''
* ''Steephan'' (South Indian
South India is a region consisting of the southern part of India, which encompasses the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territory, uni ...
)
* ''Steeve or Stéphane and Stéphanie for female'' (Québec
)
, image_map = Quebec in Canada 2.svg
, Label_map = yes
, coordinates =
, official_lang = French
, capital = Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec ...
)
* ''İstfan, Stepan'' (Azeri
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar) or Azeris (), also known as Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ), are a Turkic ethnic group, living mainly in the sovereign Republic of Azerbaijan
A republic ( la, res publica
''R ...
)
* ''Steffeni, Stefani, Stiifaat'' ( Greenlandic)
* ᔅᑏᕕᓐ (''Stiifin''; Inuktitut
Inuktitut (; , Inuktitut syllabics, syllabics ; from , "person" + , "like", "in the manner of"), also Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the tree line, including part ...
)
* ᔅᑌᕝᐋᓐ, ᔅᑌᕚᓐ (Stefân, Stevân; East Cree
East Cree, also known as (Eastern) James Bay Cree, and East Main Cree, is a group of Cree
The Cree ( cr, Néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are one of the largest groups of First Nations in North America.
In Canada, over 3 ...
)
* ''Ecen'' ( Wolof)
* ''Etiiviuq'' (Yup'ik
The Yup'ik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Central Yup'ik, Alaskan Yup'ik (Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, own name ''Yup'ik'' sg ''Yupiik'' dual ''Yupiit'' pl; russian: Юпики централ ...
)
* ''Stefen'' (Yoruba Yoruba may refer to:
* Yoruba people
The Yoruba people () are a Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (commonly called Black Africa) is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. According to the U ...
)
* ''uStefen'' (Zulu
Zulu may refer to:
Zulu people
* Zulu Kingdom or Zulu Empire, a former monarchy in what is now South Africa
* Zulu language, a Bantu language spoken in southern Africa
* Zulu people, an ethnic group of southern Africa
Arts, entertainment, and med ...
)
* እስጢፋኖስ (''Estefanos''; Amharic
Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic languages, Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic languages, Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara pe ...
)
People with the name
* List of people with given name Stephen *Stephen (surname)
Stephen is a surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates their family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start o ...
, including a list of people with the surname
Popularity
In England and Wales, neither "Stephen" nor "Steven" was among the top 100 names for newborn boys in 2003–2007. In Scotland, "Steven" and "Stephen" were the 8th and 10th most popular names for newborn boys in 1975, but were not in the top ten in 1900, 1950 or 2000. "Stephen" was 68th in 1900, and 46th in 1950, while "Steven" was not in the top 100 either year. Neither spelling was in the top 100 names for newborn boys in Scotland in 2008. Neither "Stephen" nor "Steven" was among top 25 most popular baby boys' names in Ireland in 2006 or 2007.Central Statistics Office Ireland, 2009. In the United States, the spelling "Stephen" reached its peak of popularity between 1949–1951, when it was the 19th most popular name for newborn boys. It stayed in the top 100 boys' names from 1936 through 2000, and for most years between 1897 and 1921. In 2008 it was the 192nd most common name for boys.Popular baby names
U.S. Social Security Administration, 2009. The spelling "Steven" reached its peak during 1955–1961, when it was the 10th most popular name for newborn boys. It stayed in the top 100 boys' names from 1941 through 2007. In 2008 it was the 104th most popular name for boys. Before the 20th century, the "Steven" spelling was heavily outweighed by "Stephen", never reaching above 391st.
See also
* *Stevens (surname)Stevens as an English-language
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language first spoken in History of Anglo-Saxon England, early medieval England, which has eventually become the World language, leading language of internation ...
* Stephens (surname)
* Stephenson (surname)
* Stevenson (surname)
References
{{Authority control Given names of Greek language origin English masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names German masculine given names