Stephen (surname)
Encyclopedia
Stephen is a surname
of Anglo-Welsh and German origin. It is a rare surname and is usually found as a first name. It is thought to have originated from the German-speaking world
as (Von) Stephan.
Stephen is the 3,845 most common surname in the USA.
MacStèaphain (Scottish Gaelic) Stephen is a sept of the clan MacTavish
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Anglo-Welsh and German origin. It is a rare surname and is usually found as a first name. It is thought to have originated from the German-speaking world
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
as (Von) Stephan.
Stephen is the 3,845 most common surname in the USA.
MacStèaphain (Scottish Gaelic) Stephen is a sept of the clan MacTavish
Clan MacTavish
-Origins:The MacTavishes and Campbells are thought to share a common origin. Clan MacTavish claims to descend from Taus Coir, illegitimate son of Colin Mael Maith and a daughter of Suibhne Ruadh . Nothing certain is known of Taus Coir other than he is listed in traditional genealogies...
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Famous people with the surname
People with the surname Stephen or its versions include:- Alexander StephanAlexander StephanAlexander Stephan was a specialist in German literature and area studies. He was a professor, Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at Ohio State University ....
, German writer - Cora StephanCora StephanCora Stephan is a German-speaking writer and essayist.She was born on 7 April 1951 in Strang near Bad Rothenfelde . As an author of crime fiction she is known under the pseudonym Anne Chaplet.Cora Stephan grew up in Osnabrück...
, German writer - Daniel StephanDaniel StephanDaniel Stephan is a German handball player.Born in Rheinhausen, he was a member of the German national handball team from 1995, winning the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship. He retired in 2005, after an injury series not wanting to end, which had let him never take part at a World Men's...
, German handball player - David StevenDavid StevenDavid Steven was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside-forward around the turn of the 20th century, spending most of his career with his hometown club, Dundee, before he died from a heart attack aged only 25....
(1878–1903), Scottish footballer - Édouard Jean-Marie StephanÉdouard Jean-Marie StephanÉdouard Jean-Marie Stephan was a French astronomer. His surname is sometimes spelled Stéphan in some literature, but this is apparently erroneous....
, French astronomer - James Fitzjames StephenJames Fitzjames StephenSir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer, judge and writer. He was created 1st Baronet Stephen by Queen Victoria.-Early life:...
, English judge - Leslie StephenLeslie StephenSir Leslie Stephen, KCB was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.-Life:...
, writer - Martin StephanMartin StephanMartin Stephan was pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Dresden, Germany during the early 19th century. He organized the Saxon emigration to the United States in the early 19th century.- Biography :...
, American religious figure - Nicol StephenNicol StephenNicol Ross Stephen, Baron Stephen of Lower Deeside in the City of Aberdeen is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South, and was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2005 to 2008...
, Scottish politician - Ninian StephenNinian StephenSir Ninian Martin Stephen, is a retired politician and judge, who served as the 20th Governor-General of Australia and as a Justice in the High Court of Australia.-Early life:...
, judge - Rudi StephanRudi StephanRudi Stephan , was a German composer of great promise who shortly before the First World War was considered one of the leading talents among his generation....
, German composer - Susan StephenSusan StephenSusan Stephen was an English film actress.Born in London, as Susan Rennie Stephen, she was known in the 1950s for appearing in a number of B-movies...
, English actress - Heinrich von StephanHeinrich von StephanHeinrich von Stephan was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service. He was integral in the founding of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, and in 1877 introduced the telephone to Germany.Stephan was born in Stolp , Pomerania, in the Kingdom of Prussia...
- Joseph StefanJoseph StefanJoseph Stefan was a physicist, mathematician, and poet of Slovene mother tongue and Austrian citizenship.- Life and work :...
(1835–1893), Austrian physicist, mathematician and poet