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