A baptismal name for a boy
Stefan
9 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Stefan
Right-Believing Stefan Uroš II MilutinOctober 30King of Serbia from 1282 to 1321, builder of churches and monasteries, called the Holy King after his death.
Fool-for-Christ Stefan LazarevićJuly 19Stefan Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Лазаревић; c. 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall (Serbian: Стефан Високи, romanized: Stefan Visoki), ruled as a Serbian prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427).
Right-Believing Stefan Uroš III of DečaniNovember 11King of Serbia from 1322 to 1331, builder of Dečani Monastery, killed in 1331.
Right-Believing Stefan DragutinSeptember 24King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282, then ruler of a separate kingdom in the north, who died in 1316.
Right-Believing Stefan the First-CrownedSeptember 24Son of Stefan Nemanja, Grand Prince of Rascia and first crowned king of Serbia.
Right-Believing Stefan Uroš VDecember 2Second tsar of the Serbs, known in tradition as Uroš the Weak, who died in 1371.
Right-Believing Stefan VladislavSeptember 24King of Serbia from 1234 to 1243, middle son of Stefan the First-Crowned..jpg)
Right-Believing Stefan Branković the BlindDecember 10Last ruling member of the Branković dynasty, Despot of Serbia in 1458-1459, known as Stefan the Blind.
Right-Believing Stefan ŠtiljanovićOctober 4Last prominent Serbian nobleman of the Ottoman period, by folk tradition the last Despot of Serbia; died in 1543.
Questions
The name day of Stefan is October 30, the feast of Right-Believing Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It is also kept on July 19, November 11, September 24, December 2, December 10, October 4.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 9 saints named Stefan, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Stefan is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Right-Believing Stefan Uroš II Milutin as patron.