Stephen
Stephen is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning Crown; garland.
What Stephen means
Crown; garland.
Stephen sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Stephen comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Stephen is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Stephen?
Stephen is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Stephen is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Stephen
We group Stephen under scripture and royalty and rule — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Stephen
These share Stephen's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- David — Beloved.
- Sarah — Princess; noblewoman.
- Candace — Queen mother; radiant.
- Elizabeth — Pledged to God; God is my oath.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Theo — Gift of God; divine.
- Theodore — Gift of God.
- Andrew — Manly and brave.
- Basil — Kingly; royal.
- Peter — Rock; stone.
- Timothy — Honouring God.
- Catherine — Pure.