Given name · also Greek
Stelios
“someone firm”
Stelios is a masculine given name from Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Original GreekΣτέλιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stelios goes back to Ancient Greek Στυλιανός, meaning “someone firm.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Stelios comes from Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Stelios is a diminutive of Στυλιανός. In English usage, Stelios developed from Στυλιανός.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stelios through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 222
- 222 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,609 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,609 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stelios’s family of names
In English usage, Stelios is a diminutive of Στυλιανός. In English usage, Stelios was borrowed from the Greek form Στέλιος. In English usage, Stelios developed from the Ancient Greek form Στυλιανός.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stelios
- Stelios GiannakopoulosGreek footballer and managerborn 1974
- Stelios MalezasGreek footballer and managerborn 1985
- Stylianos VenetidisGreek footballerborn 1976
- Stelios ManolasGreek footballerborn 1961
- StelarcAustralian artist (born 1946)
- Stelios Haji-IoannouBritish businessmanborn 1967
- Stelios KazantzidisGreek singer (1931–2001)
- Stelios MygiakisOlympic wrestlerborn 1952
- Stelios PapafloratosGreek footballerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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