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Stephen
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"crown", "wreath", "king"

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Stephen or Steven (Template:PronEng) is an English masculine first name, derived through the Latin form Stephanus from the Greek Στέφανος (Stephanos), which means "crown" or "wreath."

Less commonly encountered spellings include Stephan, Stevan, Stefan, and Stevon.

Steve is the common short form and various diminutives such as Stevie are also found. Many family names are derived from Stephen: the most common are Stephens/Stevens and Stephenson/Stevenson (others include Stephen, Stephan, Stefan, Stevin, and Stever).

For Stephen as a surname see Stephen (surname), Stevenson and Stephenson.

Esteban (Spanish)
Esteban (Filipino)
Estevão (Portuguese)
Esteve (Catalan)
Étienne ("Estienne" is an obsolete spelling), Stéphane (French)
İstefanos (Turkish)
İstfan, Stepan (Azeri)
István (Hungarian)
Kepano, Kiwini (Hawaiian)
史提芬, 史蒂芬, 史地芬, 斯德望, 斯蒂芬 (Chinese)
스티븐 (Seutibeun, Korean)
Shtjefen or Stefan (Albanian)
Sitiveni (Tongan, Fijian)
Staffan, Stefan (Swedish)
Steafán, Stiofán/Stiofáin (Irish)
Stefán (Icelandic)
Stefano (Italian)
Ştefan (Romanian)
Štefan (Slovak)
Štefan (Slovene)
Stefan, Stefaan, Stëven (Afrikaans)
Stefan, Stephan, Steffen (German)
Stefan, Szczepan (Polish)
Steffan (Welsh)
Steffen (Norwegian)
Steffen, Stephen, Stefan, Stephan (Danish)
Štěpán, Štefan (Czech)
Stefanus, Stephanus (Latin)
Steponas, Stepas (Lithuanian)
Steven (Breton)
Steven, Stefaan, Stefanus, Stefan, Stephan (Dutch)
Stiefnu (Maltese)
スティーブン、スティーブ (Stiibun, Stiibu, Japanese)
Stìobhan, Stìophain, Stèaphan (Scottish Gaelic)
Stjepan, Stipe (Croatian)
Tapani (Finnish)
Tipene (Māori)
Mustapha, إصتفان, ستيف, ستيفن (Arabic)
סטפן (Hebrew)
Στέφανος (Stephanos, Stefanos, Greek)
Степан, Стефан (Stepan, Stefan, Ukrainian; Стефан [Stefan] is a more western Ukrainian usage^{[citation needed]})
Стефан (Stefan, Bulgarian)
Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Степан/Stepan, Шћепан/Šćepan, Стијепо/Stijepo, Стево/Stevo (Serbian)
Стефан/Stefan, Стеван/Stevan, Шћепан/Šćepan (Montenegrin)
Стефан, Стеван, Стево, Стефче (Macedonian)
Стефан, Степан (Stepan, Russian)
Ստեփանոս, Ստեփան (Stepanos, Stepan, Armenian)
ஸடீபன் (Stepan, Tamil)

Historical figures known by the name Stephen

Note: to find people with the given name Stephen who are also known by another name, see All pages with titles beginning with Stephen.

Saints

Saint Stephen, the "protomartyr" of Christianity (The Feast of Saint Stephen is celebrated on December 26 in the Western Church and December 27 in the Eastern Church.)
Saint Stephen, the first king of Hungary
St. Stephen of Surozh, see Bravlin for details.
Stephen, one of the pair of Christian saints and martyrs Socrates and Stephen

Royalty

Church figures

Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople
Patriarch Stephen II of Constantionople
Pope Stephen I
Pope-elect Stephen
Pope Stephen II
Pope Stephen III
Pope Stephen IV
Pope Stephen V
Pope Stephen VI
Pope Stephen VII
Pope Stephen VIII
Pope Stephen IX
Stephanus I, bishop of Aquileia from AD 515
Stephanus II Patriarch of Grado from AD 670
Stephen, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1128-1130.

Other

Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus Med. and Stephanus, Phil, two 7th century physicians, see List of ancient doctors
Henri Estienne (1528-1598), a printer and humanist generally now known by the Latin version of his name, Stephanus.
Stephen, a character in the 1970s science fiction series The Tomorrow People
"Steven", a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Doug Allen
Stephen's Gourmet, a brand of hot cocoa

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