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