Given name & surname
Ștefan
Ștefan is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Ștefan developed from Στέφανος.
Ștefan’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Ștefan has a diminutive in Fane. In Romanian usage, Ștefan developed from the Ancient Greek form Στέφανος. In Romanian usage, Ștefan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Stephen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ștefan has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Ștefan comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- StephenEnglish
- Estebanequivalent
- StefanPolish
- Steveequivalent
- StephanGerman
- StefanoItalian
- Etienneequivalent
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- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- СтефанRussian
- StéphaneFrench
- ŠtěpánCzech
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Στέφανοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Ștefan
- Stephen the GreatPrince of Moldavia from 1457 to 15041433–1504
- Ștefan DobayRomanian footballer (1909–1994)
- Ștefan BarbuRomanian footballer (1908-1970)
- Ștefan LuchianRomanian painter (1868-1916)
- Ștefan BirtalanRomanian handball player and couch (1948–2024)
- Ștefan TârnovanuRomanian association football playerborn 2000
- Ștefan RusuOlympic wrestlerborn 1956
- Ștefan PredaRomanian footballerborn 1970
- Ștefan TudorRomanian rower1943–2021
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