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Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians , as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( Ancient Greek : Στέφανος Stéphanos ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts , was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or " protomartyr ") of the Christian ...
Originally, as the verb suggests, the noun had a more general meaning of any "circle"—including a circle of people, a circling wall around a city, and, in its earliest recorded use, the circle of a fight, which is found in the Iliad of Homer. [3] The English equivalent is Stephen. People or biblical figures with the given name include:
Stephen is a surname of English, Scottish, [1] and German origin. It is a reasonably common surname. The German variant is thought to have originated from the German-speaking world as (Von) Stephan. [citation needed] Stephen is the 3,845th most common surname in the USA. [2] MacStèaphain (Scottish Gaelic) Stephen is a sept of the clan ...
The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
The name Stephen is derived from Greek Stephanos (Στέφανος, tr. Stéphanos), meaning "crown". [1] Early Slavs did not use the voice /f/, so the Greek Stephanos was adapted into Stjepan (Стјепан) and Stipan (Стипан) in modern-day Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, Šćepan (Шћепан) in modern-day Montenegro, and Stevan (Стеван) and Stepan (Степан) in modern ...
The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian , Czech , Polish , and Russian " Stefania ", [ 2 ] the Portuguese Estefânia (although the use of that version has become rare, and both the English and French versions are the ones commonly used), and the Spanish Estefanía .
Esteban (pronounced) is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone / ˈ ɛ s t ɪ b æ n / EST-ib-an. [citation needed]
The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the achievement is in the realm of virtues, αρετές, therefore the name signifies a person who had triumphed over passions and gained the relevant virtues.