Given name & surname
Stéphane
“crowned with garland”
In French use, Stéphane is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Stéphane is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Stéphane is a form of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Stéphane is used as a form of Stephen.
Stéphane’s family of names
Stéphane shares a linguistic root with Stephen. In French usage, Stéphane has a conventional equivalent in the English form Steven. Stéphane has a related form in Stephen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stéphane has relatives in 52 languages.
57 related names in 52 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 66
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- StevenBreton, English
- EstebanSpanish
- StefanPolish, German
- SteveEnglish
- StephanGerman
- StefanoItalian, Swahili
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
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- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- SteffanWelsh
- StepanAzerbaijani
- EstefanOccitan
- Steffenequivalent
- Stefanecognate · Walloon
- Steeveequivalent
- EsteveCatalan
- Stefequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- СтепанRussian
- Στέφανοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- Étiennedoublet · French
- Stéphaniefeminine form · French
- ŠtěpánCzech
- Stevoequivalent
- uStefanuZulu
- Etiiviuqesu
- EcenWolof
- İstefanosTurkish
- ŠtefanCzech, Slovak
- СтеванSerbian
- СтивенRussian, Kazakh
- СтефанRussian, Bulgarian
- ȘtefanRomanian
- EstêvãoPortuguese
- SzczepanPolish
- EstèveOccitan
- StiefnuMaltese
- SteponasLithuanian
- StefansLatvian
- Stephanussource · Latin
- スティーヴンJapanese
- StefánIcelandic
- IstvánHungarian
- סטפןHebrew
- KepanoHawaiian
- სტეფანეGeorgian
- Tiènngallo
- Estiollgallo
- Estenvrgallo
- StíofánIrish
- SteafánIrish
- StiobhanScottish Gaelic
- TapaniFinnish
- 스티븐Korean
- 斯蒂芬Chinese
- 史蒂文Chinese
- СтэфанBelarusian
And 6 more.
People named Stéphane
- Stéphane MallarméFrench Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
- CharbFrench caricaturist and journalist (1967-2015)
- Stéphane HesselFrench diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917–2013)
- Stéphane GrappelliFrench jazz violinist (1908–1997)
- Stéphane SessègnonBeninese footballerborn 1984
- Stéphane MbiaCameroonian and French professional footballerborn 1986
- Stéphane RuffierFrench footballer (born 1986)
- Stéphane Guivarc'hFrench footballer (born 1970)
- Stéphane HenchozSwiss footballer and manager (born 1974)
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