stefano

{{Infobox given name

| name = Stefano

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| pronunciation= {{IPA|it|ˈsteːfano|lang}}

| gender = Male

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| region = Italy

| language = Italian

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| related names = Stephen, Di Stefano

| name day = December 26

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Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the achievement is in the realm of virtues, αρετές, therefore the name signifies a person who had triumphed over passions and gained the relevant virtues. In Italian, the stress falls usually on the first syllable, {{IPA|it|ˈsteːfano|}} (an exception is the Apulian surname Stefano, {{IPA|it|steˈfaːno|}}); in English, it is often mistakenly placed on the second, {{IPAc-en|s|t|ə|ˈ|f|ɑː|n|oʊ}}.

People with the given name Stefano

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