István

See also: Ištvan

Hungarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos). Greek names usually reached the Hungarian language via Latin (see Latin Stephanus) or Slavic (see e.g. Štefan). But the German Stephan also influenced the formation of the old Hungarian name Estefán ~ Istefán, from which today's István was created. There are written occurrences of the names Stephanus, Stefanus, Stepanus from the first years of the 11th century, and later on, the forms Stephan, Stepan, Stefan appear more and more often in certificates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʃtvaːn]

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• Hyphenation: Ist‧ván
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

István

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Stephen

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	István	Istvánok
accusative	Istvánt	Istvánokat
dative	Istvánnak	Istvánoknak
instrumental	Istvánnal	Istvánokkal
causal-final	Istvánért	Istvánokért
translative	Istvánná	Istvánokká
terminative	Istvánig	Istvánokig
essive-formal	Istvánként	Istvánokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Istvánban	Istvánokban
superessive	Istvánon	Istvánokon
adessive	Istvánnál	Istvánoknál
illative	Istvánba	Istvánokba
sublative	Istvánra	Istvánokra
allative	Istvánhoz	Istvánokhoz
elative	Istvánból	Istvánokból
delative	Istvánról	Istvánokról
ablative	Istvántól	Istvánoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Istváné	Istvánoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Istvánéi	Istvánokéi

Possessive forms of István

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Istvánom	Istvánjaim
2nd person sing.	Istvánod	Istvánjaid
3rd person sing.	Istvánja	Istvánjai
1st person plural	Istvánunk	Istvánjaink
2nd person plural	Istvánotok	Istvánjaitok
3rd person plural	Istvánjuk	Istvánjaik

Derived terms

(Diminutives):

• Isti
• Istó
• Istók
• Istvánka
• Pista
• Pisti, Pistike
• Pityu, Pityuka

Related terms

• Stefán

Further reading

• “István”, in Utónévkereső [Given Name Finder], HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2013–present.