Ștefan
From Greek, where the root means "crown" or "garland". Only about 125 men in Poland carry this spelling, so meeting one would stick in your memory.
Ștefan Pronunciation
Ștefan is pronounced ȘTE-fahn (/ˈștɛfan/).
What Ștefan means
Where Ștefan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Stefan reaches back to the Greek stephanos, a word for a crown or a garland, the plaited ring of leaves pressed onto the head of a victor. That is the literal origin, and it sits plainly under every later meaning the name has gathered. A winner wore the garland. The name says as much.
In Poland the feminine form Stefania grew from the same root, and the masculine shape holds across borders. The Romanian Ștefan, written with that hooked letter, belongs to Ștefan cel Mare, the fifteenth-century prince of Moldavia whose name still marks streets and schools. A variant spelled Stefan travels just as far.
Name-day custom keeps Stefan in the calendar. A boy called Stefan answers to his imieniny most often on 2 September, and a classroom register will file the name high up, under S.
The short meaning stayed close to the Greek. Crown, garland: the victor's wreath, nothing more ornate than that.
How many people are named Ștefan
1 in 170770 men in Poland is named Ștefan. 125 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3010 among male names.
Ștefan as a middle name
Ștefan is a first name for 125 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4534th, between Şahi̇n (6) and Aart (5).
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#4532 Şafak6
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#4533 Şahi̇n6
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#4534 Ștefan6
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#4535 Aart5
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#4536 Abdelhakim5