Given name
István
“crowned with garland”
István is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
István is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
István is a form of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
István developed from Stephanus. In Hungarian usage, István developed from Στέφανος.
István’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, István has a diminutive in ISTI. István shares a linguistic root with Stephen. In Hungarian usage, István has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Esteban.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
István has relatives in 13 languages.
22 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Stephencognate · English
- EstebanSpanish
- StefanPolish, German
- Steveequivalent
- Stephancognate · German
- StefanoItalian
- Etienneequivalent
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- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- Иштванderivative · Russian, Serbo-Croatian
- СтефанRussian
- СтепанRussian
- Στέφανοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- StéphaneFrench
- Ištvanderivative · Serbo-Croatian
- ŠtefanCzech
- ŠtěpánCzech
- Stevoequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Stephanuscognate · Latin
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named István
- Stephen I of Hungary11th-century king of Hungary and saint975–1038
- István SándorfiHungarian artist (1948–2007)
- István SzabóHungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director (born 1938)
- István SzéchenyiHungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist (1791–1860)
- Stephen BocskaiPrince of Transylvania (1557–1606)
- István TiszaHungarian politician (1861–1918)
- István KovácsRomanian association football refereeborn 1984
- István BethlenHungarian politician (1874–1946)
- István DobiHungarian politician (1898–1968)
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