Given name & surname
Stephanus
“crowned with garland”
Stephanus is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stephanus is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stephanus is a variant of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latin usage, Stephanus developed from Στέφανος.
Stephanus’s family of names
In English usage, Stephanus as a surname has a short form in SCHOPPE. In Latin usage, Stephanus has a feminine form in Stephania. Stephanus has a related form in Stephen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stephanus has relatives in 24 languages.
30 related names in 24 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 47
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenderivative · Norwegian Bokmål, ceb
- Estebanderivative · Spanish
- Stefanderivative · Polish, Swedish
- Stevederivative · ceb, English
- StefanoItalian
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
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- Stephaniafeminine form · Latin
- Stephanoequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Stephanosequivalent
- Steffenderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Stephaneequivalent
- Estevedescendant · Catalan
- Steeveequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stefanusequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- Стефанderivative · Russian, rsk
- СтепанRussian
- Штефанderivative · rsk
- Stiabhnaderivative · Irish
- Stiefnuderivative · Maltese
- Estevodescendant · Galician
- Stéphaneborrowing · French
- Shtjefënborrowing · Albanian
- Tahvoderivative · Finnish
- Estèvedescendant · Occitan
- Stiofánborrowing · Irish
- Estêvãodescendant · Portuguese
- Estienederivative · Old French
- Istváncognate · Hungarian
- Étiennedescendant · French
- Tapaniderivative · Finnish
- ŠtefanCzech
- ŠtěpánCzech
- Stevoequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Στέφανοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Stephanus
- Pope Stephen Vpope
- Paul KrugerSouth African politician and President of the South African Republic (1825–1904)
- Stijn SchaarsDutch association football player (born 1984)
- Stephanus Jacobus du ToitAfrikaans clergyman, founder of the First Afrikaans Language Movement (1847-1911)
- Stephan GerlachGerman theologian (1546-1612)
- Etienne LerouxSouth African writer (1922–1989)
- Stephanus SchoemanPresident of the South African Republic (Transvaal, 1810-1890)
- Stephanus Van CortlandtFirst native-born mayor of New York City 1643-1700
- Stephanus VersluysDutch colonial governor (1694-1736)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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