Stjepan

Stjepan is a Croatian masculine given name, variant of Stephen. Historically it was found among ijekavian South Slavs, and it was also used as a honorific.

In Croatia, the name Stjepan was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the decades up to 1969.

Notable people with the name include:

• Stjepan Držislav of Croatia (died c. 997), Croatian monarch
• Stjepan II of Croatia (died c. 1090), Croatian monarch
• Stjepan Svetoslavić (), Croatian nobleman
• Stjepan AndrijaÅ¡ević (born 1967), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan AndraÅ¡ić (1941–2025), Croatian journalist
• Stjepan Babić (1925–2021), Croatian linguist
• Stjepan Babić (footballer) (born 1988), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Bobek (1923–2010), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Božić (born 1974), Croatian boxer
• Stjepan Brodarić (c. 1480–1539), Croatian cleric
• Stjepan Deverić (born 1961), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Damjanović (born 1946), Croatian linguist
• Stjepan Đureković (1926–1983), Croatian businessman
• Stjepan Filipović (1916–1942), Croatian partisan
• Stjepan GomboÅ¡ (1895–1975), Croatian architect
• Stjepan Gradić (1613–1683), Croatian polymath
• Stjepan Hauser (born 1986), Croatian cellist
• Stjepan Horvat (1895–1985), Croatian geodesist
• Stjepan IvÅ¡ić (1884–1962), Croatian linguist
• Stjepan Janić (born 1980), Croatian canoer
• Stjepan Jukić (born 1979), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Kljuić (born 1939), Bosnian Croat politician
• Stjepan Kovačević (1841–1913), Croatian politician
• Stjepan Lamza (1940–2022), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Mesić (born 1934), Croatian politician
• Stjepan MeÅ¡trović (born 1955), Croatian-American sociologist
• Stjepan Miletić (1868–1908), Croatian playwright, director, critic, and writer
• Stjepan Mitrov LjubiÅ¡a (1824–1878), Serbian-Montenegrin politician
• Stjepan Mohorovičić (1890–1980), Croatian physicist
• Stjepan Musulin (1885–1969), Croatian linguist
• Stjepan Perestegi (born 1973), Croatian canoer
• Stjepan Planić (1900–1980), Croatian architect
• Stjepan Poljak (born 1983), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Radić (1871–1928), Croatian politician
• Stjepan Sarkotić (1858–1939), Croatian soldier
• Stjepan Spevec (1858–1939), Croatian educator
• Stjepan Å ejić (born 1981), Croatian comic book artist
• Stjepan Å iber (1938–2016), Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina of Croat origin
• Stjepan Å ulek (1914–1986), Croatian composer
• Stjepan Tomas (born 1976), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Vrbančić (1900–1988), Croatian footballer
• Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (1404–1466), Bosnian nobleman

See also

• Stipan
• Stipe
• Stjepanović

References