Stephen

Alternative forms

 * as a given name: Steven

Etymology
From Στέφανος: (Stephanos) < στέφανος: (stephanos) "crown, wreath", < στέφω: (stephō) "to put round, to surround".

Proper noun

 * 1)  The first Christian martyr.
 * And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
 * 1) * 1852 William Harrison Ainsworth, Tale of a Carpet-Bag, Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 21, page 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.
 * 1) * 1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English, Random House, page 245:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2000 Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai, Miramax Books(2002), ISBN 0786887001, page 142:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2000 Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai, Miramax Books(2002), ISBN 0786887001, page 142:
 * 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.

Related terms

 * Steve, Stevie, Steenie
 * Stephanie

Translations

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 * Latvian: Stefans
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: Estevão
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Stefano
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: إصتفان (cognate), ستيفن (transliteration)
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: İstfan, Stepan
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: Esteve
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hawaiian: Kepano
 * Hebrew: סטפן
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:


 * Irish: Steafán, Stíofán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: スティーヴン
 * Latvian: Stefans
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: Estêvão
 * Romanian: Ştefan
 * Russian: (cognate),  (transliteration)
 * Scottish Gaelic: Stiobhan
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Stefano
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: İstefanos
 * Yup'ik: Etiiviuq

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