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Stefan

See also: Štefan, Ștefan, and Stefán

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek στεφανίζω (stephanízō, “to crown”) & Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “that which surrounds, crown, wreath”).

Proper noun

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Stefan

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname of German or Austrian origin, derived from the given name Stefan.
  3. A crater on the far side of the moon.

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Stefan

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
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Dutch

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Stefan ?

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
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Faroese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Stefan m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Usage notes

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Patronymics

  • son of Stefan: Stefansson
  • daughter of Stefan: Stefansdóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Stefan
accusative Stefan
dative Stefani
genitive Stefans

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin Stephanus.

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Stefan

  1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Stefanie or Stephanie, equivalent to English Stephen; variant form Steffen

Norwegian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Stefan

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Stephanus. Doublet of Szczepan.

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Proper noun

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Stefan m pers (female equivalent Stefania, diminutive Stefek)

  1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Stephen
  2. a male surname

Declension

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Declension of Stefan
singular plural
nominative Stefan Stefanowie
genitive Stefana Stefanów
dative Stefanowi Stefanom
accusative Stefana Stefanów
instrumental Stefanem Stefanami
locative Stefanie Stefanach
vocative Stefanie Stefanowie

Proper noun

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Stefan f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

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  • Stefan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “Stefan”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Serbo-Croatian

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Serbian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Stefan m (Cyrillic spelling Стефан)

  1. a male given name

Further reading

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  • “Stefan”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Vulgate Latin Stephanus, which was first recorded as a Swedish given name in the 12th century. Ultimately of Ancient Greek origin.

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Stefan c (genitive Stefans)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 71 999 males with the given name tefan living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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