Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Stiven is a romanization of Стивен. Стивен comes from English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stiven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 281
- 281 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,518 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +83%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,518 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 83.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 681 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.
Stiven’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Stiven is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Стивен. In Greek usage, Stiven is a transliteration of Στίβεν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Stephenequivalent
- Estebanequivalent
- Stefanequivalent
- Steveequivalent
- Stephanequivalent
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
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- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Stevensequivalent
- Stevoequivalent
- Štefanequivalent
- Štěpánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stéphaneequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Stéphanequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
People named Stiven
- Stiven PlazaEcuadoran association football playerborn 1999
- Stiven RivićCroatian footballerborn 1985
- BlessdColombian singer-songwriterborn 2000
- Stiven ShpendiAlbanian footballer (born 2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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