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                             Introduction                             
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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 (Greek
'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 Church. The name "Stephen"
(and its common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek
('Stéphanos'), a first name from the Greek word  ('stéphanos'),
meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown,
fame", from the verb  ('stéphein'), "to encircle, to wreathe". In
Ancient Greece, crowning wreaths (such as laurel wreaths) were given
to the winners of contests. 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.

The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is commonly shortened
to Steve or Stevie. In English, the female version of the name is
"Stephanie". Many surnames are derived from the first name, including
'Stephens', 'Stevens', 'Stephenson', and 'Stevenson', all of which
mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times especially the name has
sometimes been given with intentionally nonstandard spelling, such as
Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is
Stephan ; related names that have found some currency or significance
in English include Stefan (pronounced  or  in English), Esteban (often
pronounced ), and the Shakespearean Stephano .

Like all biblical names, Stephen has forms in almost all major world
languages. Some of these include:
'Esteban' (Spanish; );
'Estêvão' (Portuguese);
'Esteve' (Catalan);
'Estève' (Occitan);
'Étienne' (French);
'Stéphane' (French);
'Istifanus' (Arabic);
'István' (Hungarian);
'Setefane' (Sotho);
'Shtjefni' (Albanian);
'Sītífán' (Mandarin Chinese);
'Stefan' (German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Ukrainian,
Bulgarian, and Serbian; );
'Stefán' (Icelandic);
'Степан/Stepan' (Ukrainian, Russian);
'Ștefan' (Romanian);
'Štefan' (Slovak and Slovenian);
'Stefana' (Malagasy);
'Stefano' (Italian and Swahili);
'Stefanos' (modern Greek, modern Hebrew, and Estonian);
'Stefans' (Latvian and
Afrikaans);
'Steffan' (Welsh);
'Stepan' (Armenian);
'Štěpán' (Czech);
'Stepane' (Georgian);
'Steponas' (Lithuanian);
'Stiofán' (Irish);
'Sutepano' (Japanese);
'Szczepan' (Polish); and
'Tapani' (Finnish).

In the United Kingdom, it peaked during the 1950s and 1960s as one of
the top ten male first names (ranking third in 1954) but had fallen to
twentieth by 1984 and had fallen out of the top one hundred by 2002.
The name was ranked 201 in the United States in 2009, according to the
Social Security Administration. The name reached its peak popularity
in 1951 but remained very common through the mid-1990s, when
popularity started to decrease in the United States.


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'Stefane', 'Stephanne' (French)

(Romanian)

Dutch)

(Croatian)

('Sedephen') (Coptic)

'Stephano', 'Stephanus' Greek)

Стефо ('Stefo'), (Bulgarian)

Шћепан/Šćepan, Стево/Stevo, Стијепо/Stijepo, Шћепо/Šćepo,
Стевица/Stevica (Serbian)

Стефче/Stefche (Macedonian)

Ukrainian, Belarusian)

Japanese)



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                              Popularity                              
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In England and Wales, neither "Stephen" nor "Steven" was among the top
100 names for newborn boys in 2003-2007. In Scotland, "Steven" and
"Stephen" were the 8th and 10th most popular names for newborn boys in
1975, but were not in the top ten in 1900, 1950 or 2000. "Stephen" was
68th in 1900, and 46th in 1950, while "Steven" was not in the top 100
either year. Neither spelling was in the top 100 names for newborn
boys in Scotland in 2008.

Neither "Stephen" nor "Steven" was among top 25 most popular baby
boys' names in Ireland in 2006 or 2007.

In the United States, the spelling "Stephen" reached its peak of
popularity between 1949-1951, when it was the 19th most popular name
for newborn boys. It stayed in the top 100 boys' names from 1936
through 2000, and for most years between 1897 and 1921. In 2008 it was
the 192nd most common name for boys. The spelling "Steven" reached its
peak during 1955-1961, when it was the 10th most popular name for
newborn boys. It stayed in the top 100 boys' names from 1941 through
2007. In 2008 it was the 104th most popular name for boys. Before the
20th century, the "Steven" spelling was heavily outweighed by
"Stephen", never reaching above 391st.


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