Forename István

All over the world, István (István , Иштван , استفان ) is a common male forename. The forename István is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary, where it is a common male name, Romania, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Slovakia. Very seldom, István is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish István is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name István

name Ișfan, name Pal, name Ištvan, name Stiven, name Stéphane, name Szucs, name Stefano, name Stefán, name Steffen, name Esteve, name Steve, name Stevan, name Stiepan, name Иштван, name Stephanus, name אישטוון, name Ștefan, name Hegedus, name Staffan, name Stefanos, name Stepan, name Steven, name Tapani, name Racz, name Esteban, name Stépan, name István, name Stephen, name Soos, name Stěpan, name Štefan, name Steponas, name استفان, name Stephane, name Szczepan, name Štěpán, name Etienne, name Estevo, name Steeve, name Steffan, name Stephan, name Istvan, name Stef, name Στέφανος, name Estêvão, name Stefan, name Stefen, name Stevo, name Stjepan, name Eztebe, name Stepas, name Étienne, name Stīvs, name Stefanus

VARIANT	COUNTRY
István	Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, Romania, Germany
Иштван	Serbia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus
استفان	Iraq, Egypt
אישטוון	Israel

First names said to be same

Esteban, Esteve, Estevo, Estêvão, Etienne, Eztebe, Hegedus, Istvan, Ištvan, Ișfan, Pal, Racz, Soos, Staffan, Steeve, Stef, Stefan, Stefano, Stefanos, Stefanus, Stefen, Steffan, Steffen, Stefán, Stepan, Stepas, Stephan, Stephane, Stephanus, Stephen, Steponas, Stevan, Steve, Steven, Stevo, Stiepan, Stiven, Stjepan, Stépan, Stéphane, Stěpan, Stīvs, Szczepan, Szucs, Tapani, Étienne, Štefan, Štěpán, Ștefan, Στέφανος,

First name István in the context

István is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Takács István , character in Szomszédok and István , the operatic character in the opera Mária Bátori, Bátori Mária.

Notable namesakes

	i. istván 11th-century king of Hungary and saint, HU (b. 969)
	istván árpád-házi Hungarian prince, duke of Slavonia, HR (b. 1236)
	istván báncsa archbishop of Kalocsa (b. 1240)
	báncsa istván Catholic cardinal, HU (b. 1300)
	istván ákos (b. 1260)
	istván herceg Duke of Slavonia, Prince and Regent of Hungary (1332-1354), HU (b. 1332)
	istván babonić (b. 1278)
	istván kanizsai (b. 1368)
	werbőczy istván Slovak lawyer (1465-1541), HU (b. 1458)
	várday istván Hungarian cardinal, archbishop of Kalocsa, diplomat, chief chancellor of the Kingdom of Hungary, ambassador of Hungary to France, HU (b. 1420)
	istván kassai Hungarian architect of Gothic buildings, SK (b. 1430)
	istván crispus Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1450)
	istván dobó baron and soldier from Hungary (1502–1572), UA (b. 1502)
	istván szegedi kis (1505-1572) (b. 1505)
	mekcsey istván HU (b. 1500)

Forename István

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name István

First names said to be same

First name István in the context

Notable namesakes

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