István name meaning
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What does István mean?
István's origin is Old Greek, meaning of István is "The Crowned or Crown" bestowed upon boys is used dominantly in Hungarian.
Variants of István
Stephanos, Stephanus, Stefan, Stefán, Stefaun, Stefánný, Stephen, Stephan, Stephán, Stefany, Stefanie
How popular is the name István?
István is a popular baby name in Romania where every 1 in 900 have the name. At least, 30000 people globally have carried István as their given name according to our findings.
Facts
István in Nordic countries
| Countries | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Secondary Name | First Name | Secondary Name | |
 | 78 | 154 | 0 | 5 |
 | 280 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
 | 80 | 48 | 0 | 5 |
 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- Aindrea - Aindrea's meaning is Brave, A Man's Woman or Female Version of Andrew used for both sexes has its origin in Irish and Scottish is mostly used in English and Irish
- Hede - Origin of Hede is in Old Greek, Germanic and Old High German bestowed upon girls, meaning of Hede is "Fight or War" is mostly used in German
- Agnetha - Agnetha's meaning is The Pure or The Chaste is originated from Old Greek which is used largely in Swedish and Norwegian is aimed at baby girls
Famous people named István
- István Kertész, internationally acclaimed Jewish Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who, throughout his brief but distinguished career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh
- István Tisza, Hungarian politician, prime minister
- István Dobi, Hungarian politician
- István Bethlen, Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as Prime Minister
- István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet
- István Bató, prominent citizen of the Northern Hungarian city of Miskolc
- István Friedrich, Hungarian politician
- István Bittó, Hungarian politician
- István Pálfi, Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party
- István Fekete, Hungarian writer
- István Lévai, former boxer from Hungary
- István Árkossy, Hungarian painter and graphic artist
- István Gyulai, former Hungarian television commentator and General Secretary of the IAAF and the AIPS.
- István Szabó, Hungarian sprint canoeist
- István Beé, Hungarian sprint canoer
- István Nagy, retired 100 and 200 metres runner from Hungary
- István Hatvani, Hungarian mathematician
- István Bagyula, retired Hungarian pole vaulter
- István Csók, Hungarian Impressionist painter
- István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer, civil servant
- István Mudin, Hungarian athlete
- István Csom, Hungarian chess Grandmaster and International Arbiter
- István Ferenczy, nineteenth-century Hungarian sculptor
- István Somodi, Hungarian athlete
- István Fazekas, Hungarian–British chess master
- István Rózsavölgyi, nepszava
- István Apáthy, Hungarian zoologist and histologist
- István Szentgyörgyi, Hungarian sculptor
- István Molnár, Hungarian water polo player
- István Kiss, Hungarian architect
- István Serényi, He was born in Trencsén and died in Vienna
- István Barta, Hungarian water polo player
- István Vaskuti, Hungarian sprint canoeist
- István Szabó, former Hungarian handball player
- István Szilágyi, Hungarian former handball player
- István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and writer
- István Küzmics, most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes
- István Mészáros, Hungarian Marxist philosopher
- István Fáry, Hungarian-born mathematician known for his work
- István Széchenyi, Hungarian politician, political theorist
- István Horthy, was Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy's eldest son, a politician
- István Szabó, Hungarian film director, screenwriter
- István Szent-Iványi, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Ambassador to Slovenia
- István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer
- István Nyers, Hungarian footballer
- István Werbőczy, Hungarian legal theorist and statesman
- István Kozma, former Hungarian football player
- István Bilek, Hungarian chess grandmaster
- István Hiller, Hungarian politician and former chairman of the governing Hungarian Socialist Party between 16 October 2004 and 24 February 2007
- István Dobó, Hungarian soldier
- István Cserháti, Hungarian hard rock keyboardist
- István Kovács, Hungarian retired world champion boxer
Lists having István
- Biblical Boy Names
- Boy names beginning with I
- Greek Boy Names
- Hungarian Boy Names
- Baby Names that mean Crowned
- Baby Names that mean Crown