Stephan Family History
Stephan Name Meaning
German French Dutch and Arabic (Lebanon); Breton (also Stéphan): from the personal name Stephan Stéphan from Latin Stephanus (see Steven ). In France this surname is most common in Brittany and in Alsace. Arabic bearers of this surname are Christians. Americanized form of Slovenian Croatian and Slovak Štefan Polish Stefan ‘Steven’. In North America this surname is also a shortened and altered form of various patronymics and other derivatives from the personal names Stefan and Štefan ‘Steven’ (see Stefan for some Slavic and Greek examples).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022