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Стеван
“crowned with garland”
Стеван (Stevan) is a masculine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, and Serbo-Croatian.
Macedonian and Serbian and Serbo-Croatian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Stephen.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Стеван is Stevan written in Cyrillic. Stevan is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Стеван comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Стеван developed from Στέφανος.
Стеван’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Стеван developed from the Ancient Greek form Στέφανος. In Macedonian usage, Стеван has a related form in Steven. In Macedonian usage, Стеван has a related form in Stephen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Стеван has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Стеван comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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