Given name & surname
Stevan
“crowned with garland”
Stevan is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stevan is a variant of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stevan is a variant of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stevan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,129
- 4,129 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 125 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,132 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,132 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 125 in 1953. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,541 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.
Stevan’s family of names
Stevan has a related form in Stephen. In Serbian usage, Stevan has a conventional equivalent in the German form Stephan. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Stevan has a related form in Stjȅpān.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stevan has relatives in 5 languages.
9 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Estebanequivalent
- Stefanequivalent
- Steveequivalent
- Estevanequivalent
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
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- Stefanosequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Štěpánequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Štefanequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stéphaneequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- Stevoequivalent
- Stȅvānhas masculine form
People named Stevan
- Stevan JovetićMontenegrin footballer (born 1989)
- Stevan MokranjacSerbian composer (1856-1914)
- Stevan SremacSerbian writer (1855–1906)
- Stevan FaddyMontenegrin singerborn 1986
- Stevan JelovacSerbian basketball player (1989–2021)
- Stevan HristićSerbian composer (1885-1958)
- Stevan HorvatOlympic wrestler (1932-2018)
- Stevan RaičkovićSerbian poet (1928–2007)
- Stevan StojanovićSerbian footballer (born 1964)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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