Stjepan
given name · Croatian · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Stjepan is a given name, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is the 6th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Croatian and German, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”).
- RORomania1 in 69◐
- DEGermany1 in 74
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 80
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.0M ●
- #23 ●
- 10 ●
- Sources
- 621 ●
- 1 in 69 ◐
across 13 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
40M records
Official registry-verified
Romania
Spellings & scripts●
14 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Stefan in DE Germany, RO Romania, PL Poland and 5 more, Stephen in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, PH Philippines and 3 more, Steven in US United States, CA Canada, IT Italy and Степан in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
- Ancient GreekΣτέφανοςStéphanos●
- Ancient Greek rootστέφανοςstéphanos“crown”●
From Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”).
Sources 2
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | #6 | 2,606,819 | 2.1M rec. | — | 12 | Stephen | 334 |
| DE Germany | #4 | 1,638,275 | 1.5M rec. | — | 2 | Stefan | 334 |
| AU Australia | #5 | 1,317,224 | 949K rec. | — | 106 | Stephen | 326 |
| UA Ukraine | #68 | 977,649 | 996K rec. | — | listed | Степан | 75 |
| US United States | #8 | 971,970 | 28M rec. | 1 in 342 | 972K | Steven | 621 |
| RU Russia | #97 | 971,485 | 431K rec. | — | #47 | Степан | 163 |
| CA Canada | #6 | 843,178 | 764K rec. | — | 25 | Steven | 274 |
| RO Romania | #10 | 309,900△ | 6.9K rec. | 1 in 69 | 310K | Stefan | 111 |
| FR France | #4 | 308,540 | 2M rec. | 1 in 220 | 309K | Stephane | 403 |
| AT Austria | #3 | 205,320 | 53K rec. | — | 31K | Stefan | 201 |
| PH Philippines | #93 | 169,639 | 129K rec. | — | — | Stephen | 148 |
| IT Italy | #44 | 150,967 | 161K rec. | — | 15 | Steven | 126 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Croatian364K98%
- German2.8K1%
- Hungarian1.9K1%
- English1.3K1%
- Spanish2561%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Croatian | 363,664 | 98% |
| German | 2,832 | 1% |
| Hungarian | 1,881 | 1% |
| English | 1,339 | 1% |
| Spanish | 256 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 151 |
| 2000 | 155 |
| 2001 | 155 |
| 2002 | 150 |
| 2003 | 149 |
| 2004 | 146 |
| 2005 | 144 |
| 2006 | 141 |
| 2007 | 140 |
| 2008 | 139 |
| 2009 | 136 |
| 2010 | 133 |
| 2011 | 129 |
| 2012 | 131 |
| 2013 | 129 |
| 2014 | 131 |
| 2015 | 134 |
| 2016 | 131 |
| 2017 | 135 |
| 2018 | 133 |
| 2019 | 134 |
| 2020 | 133 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- 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).
Evidence●
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 2026-09-12 data build · 111 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Stjepan?
- We estimate roughly 2.0 million people bear Stjepan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.
- In which country does Stjepan have the most bearers?
- Stjepan is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled stephen.
- Where is Stjepan most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Stjepan is densest in Romania — about 1 in 69 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Stjepan compared with other names?
- In the United Kingdom, Stjepan is the 6th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.
- Is Stjepan a male or female name?
- Stjepan 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.
- What does the name Stjepan mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”).
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Stjepan” — the 6th most common given name in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.