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Stefan

Stefan proper noun: a male given name.

Proper noun

Stefan

  1. A male given name.
    • In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page
  2. A surname of German or Austrian origin, derived from the given name Stefan.
  3. A crater on the far side of the moon.

Origin of Stefan

From Ancient Greek στεφανίζω (stephanízō, “to crown”) & Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “that which surrounds, crown, wreath”).

Words formed from Stefan

Questions about Stefan

What does Stefan mean?
Stefan means a male given name.
What part of speech is Stefan?
Stefan is a proper noun.

Words near Stefan in the dictionary

  1. steeze
  2. steezier
  3. steeziest
  4. steezy
  5. Stef
  6. Stefan
  7. Stefan-Boltzmann constant
  8. Stefan-Boltzmann law
  9. Stefanelli
  10. Stefanellis
  11. Stefanescu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Stefan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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