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Around the globe, Ştefan (Ştefan , Штефан , שטפאן ) is a rare boy's first name. The first name Ştefan is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Romania, where it is a rare male name, Ukraine, and Russia. More prevalently, Ştefan is the last name as well as the forename.
Ştefan is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Stefan Salvatore , the fictional character in The Vampire Diaries universe; King Stefan , the fictional character from Disney's Sleeping Beauty; Stefan Skellen , the fictional character from the Witcher series; Ștefan Tipătescu , the theatrical character, A Lost Letter and Stefan Karwowski , character in Czterdziestolatek, and in many other works.