Stepan

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.

Štěpán [ˈʃcɛpaːn] is both a masculine Czech given name, equivalent of English Stephen, and a Czech surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given names:
Štěpán Janáček (b. 1977) Czech pole vaulter
Štěpán Vachoušek (b. 1979) Czech footballer
Štěpán Rak (b. 1945) Czech classical guitarist and composer
Štěpán Tesařík (b. 1978) Czech hurdler
Štěpán Trochta (1905–1974) Czech cardinal
Štěpán Kučera (b. 1984) Czech footballer
Štěpán Kodeda (1988–2015) Czech orienteering competitor
Štěpán Krtička (b. 1996) Czech child actor
Štěpán Koreš (b. 1989) Czech footballer
Štěpán Kolář (b. 1979) Czech footballer
Štěpán Hřebejk (b. 1982) Czech ice hockey player
Štěpán Buchta (b. ?) Czech youtuber
Surname:
Joseph Anton Steffan, born Josef Antonín Štěpán (1726–1797) was a Bohemian classical era composer
Pavel Štěpán (1925–1998), Czech pianist
Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová, mother of pianist Pavel Štěpán
Vojtěch Štěpán (b. 1985) Czech footballer

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Russian and Armenian form of Stephanos: crown, crowned.

Stephany, Stephana, Stephan, Steponas, Stephen, Stepanie, Stepania

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Stepan Bandera	1909	Ukrainian anti-communist
2	Derek Stepan	1990	American ice hockey player
3	Stepan Razin	1630	Cossack leader
4	Stepan Makarov	1848	Russian admiral
5	Stepan Pachikov	1950	American businessman
6	Stepan Maximovich Petrichenko	1892	Soviet politician
7	Stepan Poltorak	1965	Ukrainian general
8	Štěpán Škorpil	1945	Czech presenter and sport publicist
9	Štěpán Smetáček	1971	Czech drummer
10	Stepan Malygin		Russian explorer
11	Alfred Stepan		American political scientist
12	Štěpán Mareš	1972	Czech comics writer
13	Stepan Shahumyan	1878	Armenian-Russian politician
14	Stepan Zoryan	1890	Armenian writer
15	Stepan Zorian	1867	Armenian revolutionaries
16	Štěpán Benoni	1984	Czech actor and scriptwriter
17	Stepan Kubiv	1962	Ukrainian central banker
18	Štěpán Rak	1945	Czech music educator, composer and guitarist
19	Stepan Levitsky	1876	Russian chess player
20	Štěpán Vachoušek	1979	Czech soccer player and soccer representant
21	Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin	1702	Russian general
22	Stepan Krasheninnikov	1711	Russian scientist
23	Stepan Erzia	1876	Russian sculptor
24	Stepan Vytvytskyi	1884	President of Ukraine
25	Stepan Malkhasyants	1857	Armenian academic
26	Stepan Kolesnikoff	1879
27	Stepan Krasovsky	1897	Soviet Air Force general
28	Stepan Rumovsky	1734	Russian mathematician
29	Stepan Demirchyan	1959	Armenian politician
30	Štěpán Hulík	1984	Czech scriptwriter
31	Štěpán Stupčuk	1976	Czech member of Czech Parliament (2013–2017) and local politician
32	Pavel Štěpán	1925	Czech music educator, pianist and university educator
33	Stepan Khalturin	1856	Russian revolutionary
34	Štěpán Janáček	1977	Czech olympionic, pole vaulter and decathlete
35	Stepan Maryanyan	1991	Russian amateur wrestler
36	Jiří Štěpán	1978
37	Stepan Balmashov	1881	Russian assassin
38	Stepan Poistogov	1986	Middle-distance runner
39	Štěpán Trochta	1905	Czechoslovakia cardinal
40	Stepan Sarpaneva	1970
41	Stepan Rebenko	1995	Russian association football player
42	Štěpán Kučera	1984	Czech soccer player
43	Stepan Sarkisyan	1962	Olympic wrestler
44	Stepan Topal	1938	Moldovan politician
45	Stepan Petrovich Beletsky	1873
46	Stepan Popel	1909	American chess player
47	Stepan Suprun	1907	Soviet aviator
48	Stepan Skitalets	1869	Russian Soviet writer and poet
49	Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan	1932	Armenian politician
50	Stepan Neustroev	1922	Hero fo the Soviet Union
51	Stepan Ghazaryan	1985	Footballer
52	Stepan Shevyryov	1806	Russian poet
53	Štěpán Zavřel	1932	Czech animator, graphic, illustrator, painter, engraver, writer and artist
54	Štěpán Kodeda	1988	Czech orienteerist
55	Stepan Vasiliyevich Voyevodsky	1805	Imperial Russian Navy admiral
56	Karl Maria Stepan	1894	Austrian politician
57	Stepan Pisakhov	1879	Author, artist
58	Stepan Klochurak	1895	Czechoslovakia russian nation politician
59	Stepan Chapman	1951	American writer
60	Stepan Degtyarev	1766	Russian composer
61	Stepan Pasicznyk
62	Stepan Fedak	1901	Ukrainian assassin
63	Stepan Chervonenko	1915	Russian diplomat
64	Stepan Stepanovich Apraksin	1757	Russian general
65	Stepan Atayan	1966	Footballer
66	Stepan Sapah-Gulian	1861	Armenian politician
67	Štěpán Svačina	1952	Czech doctor
68	Štěpán Markovič	1958	Czech music educator, jazz musician and saxophonist
69	Stepan Privedentsev	1916	Russian artist
70	Štěpán Kacafírek	1989	Czech soccer player
71	Marilee Stepan	1935	American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist
72	Stepan Aghajanian	1863	Painter
73	Miroslav Štěpán	1945	Czech member of Czech National Council and Czechoslovak politician
74	Štěpán Vojtěch	1977	Czech rally driver
75	Stepan Yurchyshyn	1957	Footballer
76	Stepan Sannikov	1990	Russian ice hockey forward
77	Stepan Velyaminov	1670
78	Stepan Khilkov	1785	Russian general
79	Stepan Veranian	1955	Armenian artist
80	Stepan Davydov	1777	Russian composer and singer
81	Stepan Senchuk	1955	Ukrainian politician
82	Stepan Stepanian	1886	Armenian politician
83	Petr Štěpán	1962
84	Stepan Mamchich	1924	Ukrainian painter (1924-1974)
85	Stepan Kretov	1919	Soviet aviator
86	Stepan Artyomenko	1913	Soviet officer
87	Stepan Hirskyi	1991	Footballer
88	Stepan Betsa	1970	Ukrainian footballer
89	Stepan Kucherov	1902	Admiral
90	Stepan Alexandrovsky	1842	Painter
91	Ann Stepan	1943	American politician
92	Stepan Oborin	1892
93	Stepan Oshchepkov	1934	Sprint canoer
94	Stepan Zuev	1988	Russian alpine skier
95	Stepan Shchukin	1754	Russian painter
96	Stepan Guryev	1902	Soviet general
97	Stepan Fyodorov	1989	Russian footballer
98	Stepan Smalʹ-Stocʹkyj	1859	Ukrainian linguist and economist (1859-1938)
99	Vojtěch Štěpán	1985	Czech soccer player
100	Stepan Zakharchuk	1986	Russian ice hockey player
101	Stepan Bakhaïev	1922	Hero of the Soviet Union
102	Štěpán Jeník	1993	Czech ice hockey player
103	Štěpán Koreš	1989	Czech footballer
104	Stepan Korotkov	1995
105	Stepan Rostomyan	1956	Armenian musician
106	Stepan Novotny	1990	Czech ice hockey player
107	Stepan Smolensky	1848	Composer
108	Štěpán z Pálče	1370	Czech theologist
109	Stepan Fedorov	1987	Russian luger
110	Stepan Nechayev	1792	Russian historian and politician
111	Stepan Rastorguyev	1864	Russian explorer
112	Julie Stepan	1986	American racing driver and model
113	Stepan Pasiuha	1862	Ukrainian musician
114	Stepan Shchipachev	1898	Russian poet
115	Štěpán Klásek	1957	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak hussites bishop, priest of Czechoslovak hussites and priest
116	Stepan Goryachevskikh	1985	Belarusian ice hockey player
117	Štěpán Krtička	1996	Czech actor and voice actor
118	Stepan Pasichnyk	1998	Ukrainian ski jumper
119	Stepan Beril	1951	Transnistrian academic administrator
120	Štěpán Pácl	1982	Czech theatre director
121	Stepan Ryabokon	1993	Russian footballer
122	Stepan Mnatsakanian	1917	Armenian architect
123	Stepan Shukhevych	1877	Ukrainian nationalist
124	Stepan Naumenko	1920	Soviet flying ace
125	Stepan Spandarjan	1906	Soviet sports coach, basketball player and basketball coach (1906-1987)
126	Stepan Pobodailo		Ukrainian Cossack leader
127	Stepan Gedeonov	1816	Russian historian and playwright (1816-1878)
128	Stepan Wood		Canadian legal scholar
129	Stepan Reznik	1983	Russian footballer
130	Stepan Kayukov	1898	Soviet actor
131	Stepan Yanovsky	1815
132	Štěpán Kopřiva	1971	Czech comics screenwriter and scriptwriter
133	Stepan Suvorov	1980	Russian footballer
134	Stepan Rybalchenko	1903	Soviet military officer
135	Štěpán Tesařík	1978	Czech runner, olympionic and hurdler
136	Štěpán Lucký	1919	Czech composer, choirmaster and organist
137	Štěpán Adler	1896
138	Stepan Repin	1906	Hero of the Soviet UNion
139	Stepan Yudin	1980	Russian racewalker
140	Václav Štěpán	1941
141	Nancy Stepan	1939	Science historian
142	Stepan Nikitich Begichev	1785
143	Stepan Ostzhenkov		Russian canoeist
144	Štěpán Benda	1911	Czech Czechoslovak politician and university educator
145	Štěpán Popovič	1945
146	Štěpán Vlašín	1923	Czech critic and historian
147	Stepan Molokutsko	1979	Footballer
148	Stepan Shutov	1902
149	Marek Jan Štěpán	1967
150	Stepan Saryg-Ool	1908	Poet, writer and folklorist
151	Stepan Yanovski	1817
152	Štěpán I. z Medlova	1208
153	Stepan Ganzey	1981	Olympic swimmer
154	Štěpán Slaný	1983	Czech floorballist
155	Štěpán z Pernštejna a Medlova
156	Stepan Stepanovič Andrejevski	1782
157	Štěpán Hřebejk	1982	Czech ice hockey player
158	Stepan Astafyev	1994	Cyclist
159	Štěpán z Tetína	1290	Czech nobleman
160	Stepan Jarts
161	Stepan Kevorkov	1903	Russian actor and film director (1903-1991)
162	Stepan Papelyan	1875	Armenian musician
163	Stepan Kachala	1815	Ukrainian politician
164	Stepan Rudansʹkyj	1833	Ukrainian translator and poet (1834-1873)
165	Stepan Akelkin	1985	Russian footballer
166	Štěpán Neuwirth	1944	Author, journalist and writer
167	Stepan Zhalobkov	1994
168	Stepan Falkovsky	1996	Belarusian ice hockey player
169	Jan Štěpán	1932
170	Štěpán Kolář	1979	Footballer
171	Stephan Solskiy	1835
172	Štěpán Urban	1913	Czech esperantist, translator and writer
173	Štěpán Ješ	1895	Czech Czechoslovak politician, engineer and entrepreneur
174	Stepan Shagaida	1896	Ukrainian actor (1896-1938)
175	Stepan Krylov	1910	Soviet actor
176	Stepan Krivov	1990	Russian ice hockey player
177	Stepan Bondarev	1923
178	Štěpán Csamangó	1994
179	Štěpán Potomák	1898
180	Bohumil Štěpán	1905	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Czechoslovak politician
181	Stepan Dimitrov	1995
182	Stepan Rudnyzkyj	1877
183	Stepan Kozhumyaka	1898	Ukrainian engineer
184	Stepan Baklanov	1920	Russian engineer
185	Stepan Tverdislavich		Posadnik of Novgorod
186	Stepan Wenhrynowicz	1897
187	Stepan Kourakine	1754
188	Štěpán Martin Filip	1963
189	Stepan Lessovski	1817	Russian officer (1817-1884)
190	Stepan Nercessian	1953	Brazilian actor
191	Stepan Radchenko	1869
192	Stepan Alawerdjan	1888	Russian revolutionary (1888-1920)
193	Stepan Zhdanov	1989	Russian ice hockey player
194	Stepan Gorbachev	1983	Kazakhstani gymnast
195	Štěpán Pučálka	1845	Czech doctor and local politician
196	Radek Štěpán	1976	Czech ice hockey player
197	Štěpán Koníček	1928	Czech conductor and composer
198	Štěpán Horník	1915	Czech minister of labour and social affairs of the CR, vice prime minister of Czech republic, member of Czech National Council and Czechoslovak politician
199	Kazimierz Stepan	1892
200	Stepan Irshak	1991