Stjepan
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/s̪t̪je˦˨paːn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Stjepan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country, where it is the 5th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”).
- HRCroatia1 in 93(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 3.1K
- BABosnia & Herzegovina≈1 in 4.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Croatia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 138 (measured from records)
- 1 in 93 (inferred from the name graph)
45,287 people, 2021
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
- Ancient GreekΣτέφανοςStéphanos(measured from records)
- Ancient Greek rootστέφανοςstéphanos“crown”(measured from records)
From Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”).
Sources 2
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stjepan 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | #5 | 45,287 | 1 in 93 | 45K | Stjepan | 138 |
| BA Bosnia & Herzegovina | #195 | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Stjepan | 21 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 681 | 1 in 3.1K | 681 | Stjepan | 8 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 32 | — | 1 |
| RS Serbia | #633 | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Stjepan | 25 |
45,287 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. 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: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stephen Držislav of Croatiab. 1000HRnot in their usual nameKing of Croatia
- Stjepan Vukčić Kosačab. 1404BA15th-century Bosnian nobleman
- Stjepan Radićb. 1871HRCroatian politician (1871-1928)
- Stjepan Filipovićb. 1916HRYugoslav Partisan (1916-1942)
- Stjepan Bobekb. 1923HRCroatian footballer (1923-2010)
- Stjepan Mesićb. 1934HR2nd President of the Republic of Croatia
- Steve Bacicb. 1965CAnot in their usual nameCroatian-Canadian actor
- Stjepan Tomasb. 1976HRCroatian association football player
- Stjepan Šejićb. 1981HRCroatian comic book artist
- Stjepan Hauserb. 1986HRCroatian musician
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)
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 30 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 45K | #8 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 33K | — |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2008 | 1.2K | #148 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2009 | 1.2K | #153 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2010 | 1.2K | #155 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2011 | 1.1K | #157 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2012 | 1.1K | #159 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2013 | 1.1K | #160 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2014 | 1.1K | #163 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2015 | 1K | #165 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2016 | 997 | #170 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2017 | 960 | #176 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- How do you pronounce Stjepan?
- A machine transcription gives /s̪t̪je˦˨paːn/ (IPA) for Croatian.
- What does the name Stjepan mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- What are other forms of the name Stjepan?
- In the etymology graph, Steven, Stephen and Esteban are forms of the same name in other languages; Stevo, Stipe and Stipo are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Stjepan a male or female name?
- Stjepan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Stjepan have the most bearers?
- In Croatia, the national register counted about 45 thousand people named Stjepan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stjepan.
- Where is Stjepan most common?
- Stjepan is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 93 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Stjepan?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 45,287 people named Stjepan in 2021, about 1 in 93 residents.
- How common is Stjepan compared with other names?
- In Croatia, Stjepan is the 5th most common given name of 14,066 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stjepanThe 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, “Stjepan” — the 5th most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.