Etymology

Stepan

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name Степа́н (Stepán). Full definition →

Russian Степа́н ← Greek Στέφανος ← Czech Štěpán
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The story

  1. Czech · derived fromŠtěpán
  2. Greek · derived fromΣτέφανος
  3. Russian · borrowed fromСтепа́н“Stephen”
  4. English todayStepan

(given name) From Russian Степа́н (Stepán, “Stephen”), from Greek Στέφανος (Stéfanos). Doublet of Stephen. :(surname) From Czech Štěpán.

Words from the same roots

GreekΣτέφανος all →

Stefanos

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