Stefan

See also: Štefan, Ștefan, and Stefán

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Stefan

1. A male given name.
   • 2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page:

     In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!

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

Derived terms

• Steroline

See also

• Stefan (crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fasten, nefast

Cornish

Proper noun

Stefan

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

Danish

Alternative forms

• Stephan

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Stefan

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Related terms

• (male given names) Steffen, Steven, Staffen
• (biblical) Stefanus
• (female names) Stephanie

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːfɑn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Stefan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Related terms

• Stefaan
• Stefanie
• Stefanus
• Steven

Faroese

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Stefan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Usage notes

Patronymics

• Stefan's son: Stefansson
• Stefan's daughter: Stefansdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Stefan
accusative	Stefan
dative	Stefani
genitive	Stefans

German

Alternative forms

• Stephan

Etymology

From Latin Stephanus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtɛfan]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ste‧fan

Proper noun

Stefan

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Stephanus (“male given name”), from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos, “male given name”), from Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “wreath, crown”).

Compare Danish Stefan, Swedish Stefan, Icelandic Stefán (“male given names”) and English Stephen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteː.fan/
• Rhymes: -eːfan
• Hyphenation: Ste‧fan

Proper noun

Stefan

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

Usage notes

• The Norwegian name day for Stefan is 26 December, shared with Steffen and Steven.
• The name was most strongly used in Norway from 1975 to 1990.

Derived terms

• Steffen (“phonologically adapted form”)
• Stefansen (“patronymic surname”)

Statistics

• According to Statistics Norway, 2,318 men in Norway had Stefan as their sole or first given name as of 1 January 2025.

References

• “Stefan – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon.
• Stefan on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Anagrams

• fasten, fantes

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Stephanus. Doublet of Szczepan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.fan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛfan
• Syllabification: Ste‧fan

Proper noun

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

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

Stefan f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Stefan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• “Stefan”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stefan/

Proper noun

Stefan m anim (Cyrillic spelling Стефан)

1. a male given name from Greek

Further reading

• “Stefan”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026

Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Stefan c (genitive Stefans)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Related terms

• Staffan
• Stefansson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] 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.

Anagrams

• fanets, fatens