STEPHANOS
Stephanos or Stefanos, in Greek Στέφανος, is a masculine given name derived from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), "to encircle, to wreathe". In Ancient Greece, crowning wreaths (such as laurel wreaths) were given to the winners of contests. Originally, as the verb suggests, the noun had a more general meaning of any "circle"—including a circle of people, a circling wall around a city, and, in its earliest recorded use, the circle of a fight, which is found in the Iliad of Homer. The English equivalent is Stephen.
People or biblical figures with the given name include:
Antiquity & Middle Ages (chronologically)
Saint Stephen (Greek: Stéphanos) (c. AD 5-c. 34), considered the first Christian martyr
Stephanos Byzantios, 6th-century author of a geographical dictionary
Stephanos of Alexandria (fl. c. 580–c. 640), Byzantine philosopher and teacher
Stephanos Sahlikis (1330–after 1391), Cretan satirical poet
Stephanos Tzangarolas (1660-1675–1710), Greek painter of the late Cretan Renaissance
Modern period (alphabetically)
Stephanos, primate of Tallinn (born 1940), primate of the Orthodox Church of Estonia since 1999
Stephanos Bibas (born 1969), United States circuit judge and professor of law and criminology
Stephanos Christopoulos (1876–after 1906), Greek wrestler and weightlifter
Stefanos Dedas (born 1982), Greek professional basketball head coach
Stefanos Dragoumis (1842–1923), Greek judge, writer and Prime Minister of Greece in 1910
Stefanos Gennadis (1858-1922), Greek general
Stefanos Kapino (born 1994), Greek football goalkeeper
Stefanos Kasselakis (born 1988), Greek businessman, entrepreneur and politician
Stephanos Mousouros, Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1896 to 1899
Stephanos Papadopoulos (born 1976), Greek-American poet
Stephanos Stephanides (born 1951), Cypriot-born author, poet, translator, critic, ethnographer and documentary filmmaker
Stephanos Theodosius (1924–2007), Bishop of the Calcutta diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church
Stefanos Tsitsipas (born 1998), Greek tennis player
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