Stefanos

Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen (Greek Στέφανος Stéphanos), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. The name "Stephen" (and its more common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), a first name from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor", from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), "to encircle, to wreathe". In Ancient Greece, crowning wreaths (such as laurel wreaths) were given to the winners of contests. Originally, as the verb suggests, the noun had a more general meaning of any "circle"—including a circle of people, a circling wall around a city, and, in its earliest recorded use, the circle of a fight, which is found in the Iliad of Homer.
The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is commonly shortened to Steve or Stevie. In English, the female version of the name is "Stephanie". Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times especially the name has sometimes been given with intentionally nonstandard spelling, such as "Stevan" or "Stevon". A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some currency or significance in English include Stefan (pronounced or in English), Esteban, and the Shakespearean Stephano . Like all biblical names, Stephen has forms in all major world languages. Some of these include: Esteban (Spanish; Spanish pronunciation: [esˈteβan]); Estêvão (Portuguese); Esteve (Catalan); Estève (Occitan); Étienne (French); Istifanus (Arabic); István (Hungarian); Setefane (Sotho); Shtjefni (Albanian); Sītífán (Mandarin Chinese); Stefan (German, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbian; German pronunciation: [ˈʃteːfan]); Stefán (Icelandic); Ștefan (Romanian); Štefan (Slovak and Slovenian); Stefana (Malagasy); Stefano (Italian and Swahili); Stefanos (modern Greek, modern Hebrew, and Estonian); Stefans (Latvian); Stefanus (Afrikaans); Steffan (Welsh); Stepan (Armenian); Štěpán (Czech); Stepane (Georgian); Steponas (Lithuanian); Stiofán (Irish); Sutepano (Japanese); Szczepan (Polish); and Tapani (Finnish).
In the United Kingdom, it peaked during the 1950s and 1960s as one of the top ten male first names (ranking third in 1954) but had fallen to twentieth by 1984 and had fallen out of the top one hundred by 2002. The name was ranked 201 in the United States in 2009, according to the Social Security Administration. The name reached its peak popularity in 1951 but remained very common through the mid-1990s, when popularity started to decrease in the United States.

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Stephen, Steponas, Stefano

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Stefanos Kapino	1994	Greek footballer
2	Stefanos Tsitsipas	1998
3	Stefanos Athanasiadis	1988	A Greek footballer
4	Stefanos Kotsolis	1979	Greek footballer
5	Stefanos Sarafis	1890	An officer of the Hellenic Army who played an important role during the Greek Resistance
6	Stefanos Dragoumis	1842	Judge, writer and politician
7	Stefanos Korkolis	1960	Greek musician
8	Stefanos Stefanopoulos	1898	Prime Minister of Greece
9	Stefanos Manos	1939	Greek politician
10	Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum	1952	Ethiopian prince
11	Stefanos Siontis	1987	Footballer
12	Stefanos Miltsakakis	1960	Greek actor
13	Leo Stefanos		American businessman
14	Stefanos Dedas	1982	Basketball coach from Greece
15	Stefanos Dogos	1994	Greek footballer
16	Stefanos Evangelou
17	Stefanos Dimitriadis		Greek swimmer
18	Stefanos Stratigos	1923	Greek actor
19	Stefanos Papoutsogiannopoulos	1994	Footballer
20	Stefanos Polyzoides	1946	American architect and urban planner
21	Stefanos Galanopoulos	1993	Waterpolo player
22	Stefanos Borbokis	1966	Footballer
23	Stefanos Lazaridis	1942	Greek designer
24	Stefanos Voskaridis	1980	Cypriot footballer
25	Stefanos Manikas	1952	Greek politician
26	Stefanos Theodoridis	1950	Footballer
27	Stefanos Chalis		Greek revolutionary
28	Stefanos Linaios	1928	Greek actor
29	Stefanos Thomopoulos	1859	Greek historian
30	Stefanos Gaitanos	1948	Greek footballer
31	Stefanos Paparounas	1990	Greek diver
32	Stefanos Streit	1835	Greek politician, lawyer and university professor
33	Stefanos Chandakas	1972	Sailor
34	Stefanos Petrakis	1924	Greek sprinter
35	Stefanos Santa	1975	Olympic water polo player
36	Stefanos Kragiopoulos	1990	Footballer
37	Stefanos Nikolaidis	1817	Greek painter
38	Stefanos Natsinas	1910	Greek politician
39	Stefanos Polyzos	1953
40	Stefanos Granitsas	1880	Greek writer
41	Stefanos Tassopoulos	1939	Greek poet
42	Stefanos Dimitrios	1887	Greek athlete
43	Stefanos Zintzos	1917	Greek fencer
44	Stefanos Doukas
45	Stefanos Xanthoudidis	1864	Greek archaeologist
46	Stefanos Ntouskos	1997	Greek rower
47	Stefanos Hirvonen		Finnish guitarist
48	Stefanos Mouhtaris	1994
49	Stefanos Kollias
50	Stefanos Tserkezis	1972
51	Stephanus of Cappadocia	0100