Stephen

Stéphen English <dab> Alternative forms en Steven as a given name or a surname Etymology en ine-pro *stegʷʰ- From en la Stephanus, from en grc Στέφανος, from grc στέφανος crown, wreath, from grc στέφω to put round, to surround. From ine-pro *stegʷʰ- to enlace + grc -νος suffix forming an adjective or noun from en ine-pro *-nós suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem. Pronunciation en /ˈstiːvən/ (very rarely /ˈstɛfən/) en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Steven.wav Southern England en iːvən ɛfən 2 en Steven Proper noun ~ en biblical character The first Christian martyr. Acts 6 8 And Steuen full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. en male Ancient Greek. en 1852 w:William Harrison Ainsworth Tale of a Carpet-Bag Ainsworth's Magazine 21 17 I, for my part, ask any candid reader if it was not bad enough to be called Broadfoot, without having it aggravated into Stephen Broadfoot? I feel confident I will here get a tear of sympathy from all unhappy Andrews and Peters, and Aarons and Samuels, with a smile of disdainful compassion from thrice-happy Franks and Charleys and Bills. en 1952 Thomas Pyles Words and Ways of American English 245 Random House It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country. en 2000 w:Helen DeWitt The Last Samurai 142 Miramax Books 2002 0786887001 I thought that ideally it should be a name which could work whether he was serious and reserved or butch, a name like Stephen which could be Steve or David which could be Dave. Sara Ashley O'Brien and Rachel Metz Palantir files paperwork to go public and reveals it has never turned a profit https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/tech/palantir-prospectus 2020-08-25 As part of the listing, the company is seeking to create a third class of shares that would give Thiel, Karp and fellow cofounder Stephen Cohen “49.999999%” of the total voting power. https://web.archive.org/web/20250601042912/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/tech/palantir-prospectus 1 June 2025 en 2023-12-27 Stephen Roberts Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth RAIL 999 52 Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne. en female. en 1905 w:Bram Stoker The Man (Stoker novel) The Man https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2520/pg2520-images.html Even in her fourteenth year Miss Stephen Norman gave promise of striking beauty; beauty of a rarely composite character. en patronymics. en minor city co/Marshall County s/Minnesota c/USA, named after George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen George Stephen. Derived terms en Staggers Stevenson Feast of Stephen Mount Stephen Saint Stephen stephening St. Stephen St Stephen St Stephens St Stephens by Launceston Rural St. Stephen's Day Stephen Kingesque Stephens Stephenson Stephentown Stephenville Related terms en Steen Steenie Steve Stevie Stephanie Descendants mi Tipene 1 en Tipene 1 Translations biblical martyr Albanian: sq Shtjefën m, sq Shqefën m Gheg Amharic: am እስጢፋኖስ Arabic: ar إِسْطِفَانُوس, ar اِسْتِفَانُوس m Armenian: hy Ստեփանոս Asturian: ast Esteban m Bulgarian: bg Сте́фан m Cherokee: chr ᏍᏗᏫ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 司提反 si1 tai4 faan2, yue 士提反 si6 tai4 faan2, yue 斯德望 si1 dak1 mong6 Catholic Hakka: hak 司提反 Sṳ̂-thì-fán Mandarin: cmn 司提反 Sītífǎn, cmn 斯德望 Sīdéwàng Catholic Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb Stefanusu Coptic: cop ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ Danish: da Stefanus c Dutch: nl Stefanus m Faroese: fo Stefan m Finnish: fi Stefanos Franco-Provençal: frp Etiève, frp Tièno French: fr Étienne m Georgian: ka სტეფანე German: de Stephanus m Greek: el Στέφανος m Ancient Greek: grc Στέφανος m Hawaiian: haw Setepano Hindi: hi स्तिफ़नुस m stifanus Hungarian: hu István Irish: ga Stiofán m Italian: it Stefano m Japanese: ja ステファノ Sutefano Korean: ko ^스테파노 Ladin: lld Stefi Latin: la Stephanus m Latvian: lv Stefans m Ligurian: lij Stéva Lombard: lmo Steven, lmo Stéu Macedonian: mk Стефан m Maltese: mt Stiefnu m Māori: mi Tēpene Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Stefanus m Nynorsk: nn Stefanus m Occitan: oc Estefe m, oc Estève m, oc Estèfe m Old Nubian: onw ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ Persian: fa استفان estefân Piedmontese: pms Stéo Polish: pl Szczepan m Portuguese: pt Estêvão m Romanian: ro Ștefan m Russian: ru Стефа́н m Sicilian: scn Stèfanu m Spanish: es Esteban m Swahili: sw Stefano Swedish: sv Stefanos c Vietnamese: vi Stêphanô Walloon: wa Stiene Wolof: wo Ecen Zulu: zu uStefanu male given name Albanian: sq Shtjefën m, sq Shqefn m (Gheg) Arabic: ar إِصْتِفَان m cognate, ar سْتِيفِن m Armenian: hy Ստեփան Asturian: ast Esteban m Azerbaijani: az İstfan, az Stepan Breton: br Stefan m Bulgarian: bg Стефан m, bg Сти́вън m English transliteration Catalan: ca Esteve m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 史提芬 si2 tai4 fan1 Mandarin: cmn 史蒂文 Shǐdìwén, cmn 斯蒂芬 Sīdìfēn Northern Min: mnp 史蒂文 Sǔtìuǒ̤ng Coptic: cop ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ Czech: cs Štěpán m, cs Štefan m Danish: da Stefan c Dutch: nl Steven m, nl Stefan m Esperanto: eo Stefano, eo Stiven transliteration Faroese: fo Stefan m, fo Steffan m Finnish: fi Tapani Franco-Provençal: frp Etiève, frp Tièno, frp Ètièven French: fr Étienne m, fr Stéphane m Galician: gl Estevo m Georgian: ka სტეფანე German: de Stefan m, de Stephan m, de Steffen m Greek: el Στέφανος m, el Στίβεν m transliteration Ancient Greek: grc Στέφανος m Greenlandic: kl Steffeni, kl Stefani, kl Stiifaat Hawaiian: haw Kepano Hebrew: he סטפן Hindi: hi स्टीवन Hungarian: hu István Icelandic: is Stefán m Ingrian: izh Stepana Inuktitut: iu ᔅᑏᕕᓐ Irish: ga Stiofán m, ga Steafán m Italian: it Stefano m Japanese: ja スティーヴン Sutīvun, ja スティーブン Sutībun Korean: ko ^스티븐 Ladin: lld Stefi Latin: la Stephanus m Latvian: lv Stefans m Ligurian: lij Stéva Lithuanian: lt Steponas m Lombard: lmo Steven, lmo Stéu Macedonian: mk Стефан m, mk Стеван m, mk Стивен m only the English name Maltese: mt Stiefnu m Māori: mi Tīpene Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Stefan m Nynorsk: nn Stefan m Occitan: oc Estefe m, oc Estève m, oc Estèfe m, oc Estiene m Old Norse: non Stefán m Old Nubian: onw ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ Persian: fa استیون estiven Piedmontese: pms Stéo Polish: pl Stefan m, pl Szczepan m Portuguese: pt Estêvão m, pt Estéfano m Romanian: ro Ștefan m Russian: ru Степа́н m cognate, ru Сти́вен m Stívɛn transliteration Sanskrit: sa स्टीफन् Scottish Gaelic: gd Stiobhan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Стефан m, sh Стјепан m Latin: sh Stefan m, sh Stjepan m Sicilian: scn Stèfanu m Slovak: sk Štefan m Slovene: sl Štefan m Spanish: es Esteban, es Estevan m Swahili: sw Stefano Swedish: sv Stefan, sv Staffan Turkish: tr İstefanos Ukrainian: uk Степа́н m Urdu: ur سٹیون sṭīvan Vietnamese: vi Xtê-phen Walloon: wa Stiene Wolof: wo Ecen Yup'ik: esu Etiiviuq Zulu: zu uStefanu See also en Kirkby Stephen en Biblical characters Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Stephen, from ceb la Stephanus, from ceb grc Στέφανος, from grc στέφανος crown, wreath, from grc στέφω to put round, to surround. Proper noun ceb noun ceb male English < Latin < Ancient Greek