Stepan
An Eastern Slavic form of Stefan, from the Greek for "crown" or "garland". It's given only to boys and stays uncommon in Poland, so meeting one is the kind of thing you'd remember.
Stepan Pronunciation
Stepan is pronounced STE-pahn (/ˈstɛpan/).
What Stepan means
Where Stepan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Stepan begins in Greek, in the word stephanos, the wreath once set on the head of a victor or an honored guest. The short meaning holds onto that image: crown, garland, in Polish wieniec and korona. The name moved east and made its home among Russian and Ukrainian speakers, who count it among their familiar names.
Its close variant is Stefan, the form a Polish reader meets first. Both trace back to Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr, whose Greek name means the crowned one. The link between the wreath and the martyr's reward gave the name a long life in the calendar.
Read a class register in a Polish school and you may still find a Stepan. It is a plain, sturdy name. The garland it hides goes back to Greek stephanos, and to the Polish korona.
How many people are named Stepan
1 in 2903 men in Poland is named Stepan. 7,357 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #415 among male names.
Stepan's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #959 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2018. Still the #415 name among living men, even as it slips to #959 among newborns.
Where Stepan is most popular
Stepan is most popular in West Pomeranian, 327% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+154%) and Silesian (+137%).
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West Pomeranian2 boys born+327%
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Masovian5 boys born+154%
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Silesian3 boys born+137%
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+129%
Stepan as a middle name
Stepan is a first name for 7,357 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2264th, between Staś (17) and Sudhir (17).
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2262
17Stawros
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2263
17Staś
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226417Stepan
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2265
17Sudhir
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2266
17Teodozjusz