Stephen (honorific)
HONORIFIC TITLE IN HISTORIC SERBIA MONARCHY
Stefan (title); Stefan (honorific)
The name Stephen ( / Стефан, Stjepan / Стјепан, Stipan / Стипан, and others), long popular among South Slavic monarchs, was used as an honorific or as a royal title by various rulers of Serbia and claimants to the Serbian throne, most notably the Nemanjić kings of Serbia and the Kotromanić kings of Bosnia.