Štefan

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʃcɛfan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Štefan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • RORomania1 in 69(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 140
  • ATAustria≈1 in 147

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Štefan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

972,808 named Steven, 2020

#17 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

10 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
690 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 69 (inferred from the name graph)

Romania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

StevenLatin(measured from records)
СтепанCyrillic(measured from records)
סטפןHebrew(measured from records)
ΣτεφανουGreek(measured from records)
ՍտեփանArmenian(measured from records)
สตีเฟ่นThai(measured from records)
스티븐Hangul(measured from records)
სთეპანGeorgian(measured from records)
স্টিভেনBengali(measured from records)
ስቲቨንEthiopic(measured from records)

11 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Stefan in DE Germany, RO Romania, BG Bulgaria and 2 more, Stephen in GB United Kingdom, NG Nigeria and Steven in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Štefan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Štefan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#7972,808as Steven1 in 342972KSteven690
DE Germany#3≈540,000 est.≈1 in 148listedStefan354
NG Nigeria#63≈380,000 est.≈1 in 556—Stephen155
GB United Kingdom#5≈380,000 est.≈1 in 17528KStephen438
RO Romania#144309,9001 in 69310KStefan103
SE Sweden#2372,6291 in 14073KStefan188
AT Austria#3≈60,000 est.≈1 in 14731KStefan210
BG Bulgaria#850,950as Стефан1 in 13751KStefan160

972,808 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); the de-munich-vornamen register; DEPABD — name-day population snapshot; NSI — most common given names (population); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Štefan is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Stéfan, Ştefan, Ṥtefan, Ștefan, Ṣtefan

  • Indonesian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Romania

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Stefan, Ştefan, Ștefan, Stéfan, Stefán

  • Turkish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Romania, Netherlands, Serbia

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Stefan, Ştefan, Ștefan, Stefán, Stéfan

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Štefan Lux, b. 1888Štefan Krčméry, b. 1892Štefan Čambal, b. 1908Štefan Sádovský, b. 1928Štefan Uher, b. 1930Štefan Kvietik, b. 1934Štefan Harabin, b. 1957Štefan Füle, b. 1962Štefan Tarkovič, b. 1973Štefan Hadalin, b. 1995
  • Štefan Luxb. 1888SKjournalist, film director (1887-1936)
  • Štefan Krčméryb. 1892SKSlovak writer and academic (1892-1955)
  • Štefan Čambalb. 1908SKSlovak footballer (1908-1990)
  • Štefan Sádovskýb. 1928SKCzechoslovak vice prime minister of Slovakia, member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, prime minister of the Slovakia and slovak nation politician
  • Štefan Uherb. 1930SKCzechoslovak director (1930–1993)
  • Štefan Kvietikb. 1934SKSlovak member of Slovak National Council and actor (1934–2025)
  • Štefan Harabinb. 1957SKSlovak Minister of Justice, politician and judge
  • Štefan Füleb. 1962CZCzech diplomat
  • Štefan Tarkovičb. 1973SKSlovak association football player and manager
  • Štefan Hadalinb. 1995SISlovene alpine skier

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalAhoj Štefan,Hi Štefan, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Štefan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DE GermanyStadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen2020——

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Štefan mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Štefan?
In the etymology graph, Esteban, Stephan and Stefano are forms of the same name in other languages; Stevo, Stipe and Stipo are recorded short or pet forms.
How do you pronounce Štefan?
A machine transcription gives /ʃcɛfan/ (IPA) for Slovak.
Is Štefan a male or female name?
Štefan is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Štefan have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 973 thousand people named Steven, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Štefan most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Štefan is densest in Romania — about 1 in 69 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Štefan?
In Romania, the national register counted 309,900 people named Štefan in 2023, about 1 in 69 residents.
How common is Štefan compared with other names?
In the United States, Štefan is the 7th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Štefan” — the 7th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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