Stoyan () is a
Bulgarian name derived from the verb ''stoya'' (''стоя'' – to stand). The variant
Stoian also appears in
Serbian,
Romanian,
and in northern
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
as Stogiannis (
Greek
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Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
: Στογιάννης).
Given name
*Stoyan Stoyanov (b. 1995), Bulgarian Mechanical Engineer
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Stoyan Abrashev (b. 1988), Bulgarian footballer
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Stoyan Alexandrov (1949–2020), Bulgarian economist
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Stoyan Apostolov (b. 1946), Bulgarian wrestler
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Stoyan Balov (b. 1960), Bulgarian wrestler
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Stoyan Danev (1858–1949), Bulgarian liberal politician and twice Prime Minister
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Stoyan Deltchev (b. 1959), Bulgarian gymnast
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Stoyan Gadev (1931–1999), Bulgarian actor
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Stoyan Ganev (1955–2013), Bulgarian diplomat and politician
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Stoyan Gunchev (b. 1958), Bulgarian volleyball player
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Stoyan Georgiev (b. 1986), Bulgarian footballer
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Stoyan N. Karastoyanoff, American architect
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Stoyan Kitov
Stoyan Kirilov Kitov (; born 27 August 1938) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who represented his country at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He played as a midfielder and was a player at Spartak Sofia from 1959 until 1966. He also represen ...
(b. 1938), Bulgarian footballer
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Stoyan Kolev (b. 1976), Bulgarian goalkeeper
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Stoyan Nikolov (b. 1949), Bulgarian wrestler
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Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856–1927), Bulgarian writer
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Stoyan Stoyanov Mihaylovski (1812–1875), Bulgarian cleric
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Stoyan Ormandzhiev (1920–2006), Bulgarian footballer and manager
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Stoyan Petkov, Bulgarian prelate
*Stoyan Petrov, Bulgarian photographer
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Stoyan Predev (b. 1993), Bulgarian footballer
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Stoyan Radev, Bulgarian film and theatre director
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Stoyan Stavrev (b. 1975), Bulgarian goalkeeper
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Stoyan Stefanov (b. 1983), Bulgarian footballer
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Stoyan Stoyanov (1913–1994), Bulgarian fighter pilot
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Stoyan Yankoulov (b. 1966), Bulgarian drummer
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Stoyan Yordanov (b. 1944), Bulgarian goalkeeper
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Stoyan Zagorchinov 1889–1969, Bulgarian writer
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Stoyan Zaimov (1853–1932), Bulgarian revolutionary
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Stoyan Zlatev (b. 1954), Bulgarian pentathlete
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Stojan Todorchev (b. 1984), Bulgarian strongman
Surname
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Denys Stoyan, Ukrainian football defender
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Dietrich Stoyan, German mathematician and statistician
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Maksym Stoyan (1980–), Ukrainian footballer
See also
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Stoyanov Stoyanov (), feminine Stoyanova () is a Bulgarian surname. Sometimes, when abroad, the spelling is changed, for instance, to Stoianov or Estoyanoff.
Notable people with the surname include:
Stoyanov
* Aleksandar Stoyanov (born 1986), Bulgarian f ...
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Stojan
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Stojanov Stojanov is a Bulgarian and Macedonian surname, often a corresponding to (), with feminine form Stojanova (). It may also be used for , which is otherwise transliterated as Stoyanov, Stoyanova. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alek Stoja ...
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Ilias Stogiannis
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Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre, a theatre in Varna
References
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Bulgarian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names