Given name
Stjepan
“crown”
Stjepan is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “crown.” It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Stjepan developed from Στέφανος.
Stjepan’s family of names
In Croatian usage, Stjepan has a diminutive in STIPE. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Stjepan developed from the Ancient Greek form Στέφανος. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Stjepan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Stephen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stjepan has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Stjepan comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- StephenEnglish
- EstebanSpanish
- Stefanequivalent
- Steveequivalent
- StephanGerman
- Stefanoequivalent
- Etienneequivalent
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- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Steffanequivalent
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Esteveequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Степанequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- SzczepanPolish
- Stevoequivalent
- Štefanequivalent
- Štěpánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stéphaneequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Stephanusequivalent
- Stjȅpānhas masculine form
- Στέφανοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Stjepan
- Stjepan Mesić2nd President of the Republic of Croatiaborn 1934
- Stjepan RadićCroatian politician (1871-1928)
- Stjepan BobekCroatian footballer (1923-2010)
- Stjepan FilipovićYugoslav Partisan (1916-1942)
- Stjepan HauserCroatian musicianborn 1986
- Stjepan TomasCroatian association football playerborn 1976
- Stjepan JukićCroatian association football playerborn 1979
- Stjepan RadeljićBosnian association football player (born 1997)
- Stjepan DeverićCroatian footballerborn 1961
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