Stylian

Stylian ( lat .: Stylianus , gr .: Στυλιανός ) is a Christian male given name .

meaning

Stylian comes from the Greek stylos or Latin stylus , in English "pillar", and means something like "the pillar festival", "solid as a pillar".

variants

• Italian: Stiliano (also short form Stelio ).
• Modern Greek: Stylianós (also short form Stélios ).
• Romanian: Stelian .
• Bulgarian: Stilijan (other forms Stilian , Stiljan , Stelijan , Stelian ).

name day

The name day can be traced back to the following saints:

• St. Stylian of Paphlagonia (4th century), monk; Commemoration on November 26th .

Name bearer

• Stelian Ilie (1938-2014), Romanian football player
• Stelio Candelli (* 1931), Italian actor
• Stelio Fenzo (* 1932), Italian comic artist
• Stelio Fiorenza (1945–2006), Italian film director and screenwriter
• Stelio Frati (1919-2010), Italian aircraft designer
• Stelios Bikakis (* 1965), Greek lyre player and singer
• Stelios Giannakopoulos (* 1974), Greek football player
• Stelios Haji-Ioannou (* 1967), Greek entrepreneur
• Stelios Kazantzidis (1931–2001) Greek singer
• Stelios Malezas (* 1985), Greek football player
• Stilijan Ivanov (* 1968), Bulgarian film director and screenwriter
• Stilijan Makarski (* 1985), Bulgarian badminton player
• Stilijan Petrov (* 1979), Bulgarian football player
• St. Stylian (4th century), monk
• Stylianos Kyriakidis (1910–1987), Greek marathon runner
• Stylianos Kyriakidis (sailor) (* 1942), Greek sailor
• Stylianos Pattakos (1912–2016), Greek officer and politician
• Stylianos Schicho (* 1977), Austrian painter
• Stylianos Zautzes († 899), Byzantine politician