Stephen
Crown, in Greek
Stephen is a male given name, the English form of a Greek name meaning "crown" or "wreath." It has been common in English-speaking countries for centuries, borne by kings, saints, and the first Christian martyr.
The spelling Steven is equally common today, though Stephen remains the traditional form: Stephen prefers his name spelled with a ph.
Messenger for a cause
- deaconJunior clergy member
- stoningRemoving fruit seeds
- SanhedrinJewish high court
- HellenistsAdopters of Greek customs
Acts · Jerusalem · Saul · witness · preaching · miracles · faith · blasphemy
Male crowned ruler
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
dynasty · sovereign · realm · palace · regalia · majesty · succession · lineage
Irish personal name
- UlyssesGreek hero, Latinized
- DublinIrish capital city
- BloomEnglish surname, or taxonomy
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
stream-of-consciousness · epiphany · artist · aesthetic · exile · Ireland · Telemachus · protagonist
Scientist of matter and energy
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
- relativityHow observers differ
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
universe · ALS · wheelchair · radiation · singularity · quantum · genius · theorem
apostle
Messenger for a cause
Hellenists · Acts · Jerusalem · Saul · witness · preaching · miracles · faith · blasphemy · persecution
king
Male crowned ruler
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
coronation · dynasty · sovereign · realm · palace · regalia · majesty · succession · lineage · England
Joyce
Irish personal name
modernism · stream-of-consciousness · epiphany · artist · aesthetic · exile · Ireland · Telemachus · protagonist
physicist
Scientist of matter and energy
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
- relativityHow observers differ
Cambridge · universe · ALS · wheelchair · radiation · singularity · quantum · genius · theorem
- First NamesJames, John, Mary, Elizabeth, William
- Biblical FiguresJesus, Adam, Eve, Moses, Noah
- Medieval NamesAlfred, Baldwin, Beatrice, Blanche, Edgar
- Saint NamesAgatha, Agnes, Ambrose, Andrew, Anthony
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- Norman EraNormans, William the Conqueror, Norman conquest, Domesday Book, Battle of Hastings
- Stephen KingBestselling horror fiction writer
- Stephen Hawking
- Stephen Colbert
- Steph Curry
- Saint StephenChristianity's first martyr
- Stephen CurryGolden State marksman