Given name & surname
Istvan
“one who is crowned”
Istvan is used as a given name and a surname. One Hungarian interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hungarian interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hungarian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Istvan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,082 as a first name in 2020; 298 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Istvan’s family of names
Istvan has a related form in Istven. Istvan has a related form in Istvin. Istvan has a related form in Istvon.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Istvan
- Istvan PelyAmerican video game designerborn 1974
- Istvan BakxDutch footballerborn 1986
- Ištvan KorpaYugoslav table tennis playerborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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