Stoyan

Stoyan or Stojan (Macedonian: Стојан, Bulgarian: Стоян) is a South Slavic name derived from the verb Stoya (Стоя, to stand).^[1] The variant Stoian also appears in Romanian^[2], and in northern Greece as Stogiannis (Greek: Στογιάννης).

Given name

• Stoyan Abrashev (1988–), Bulgarian footballer
• Stoyan Alexandrov (1949–), Bulgarian economist
• Stoyan Apostolov (1946–), Bulgarian wrestler
• Stoyan Balov (1960–), Bulgarian wrestler
• Stoyan Danev (1858–1949), Bulgarian liberal politician and twice Prime Minister
• Stoyan Deltchev (1959–), Bulgarian gymnast
• Stoyan Gadev (1931–1999), Bulgarian actor
• Stoyan Ganev (1955–2013), Bulgarian diplomat and politician
• Stoyan Gunchev (1958–), Bulgarian volleyball player
• Stoyan Georgiev (1986–), Bulgarian footballer
• Stoyan N. Karastoyanoff, American architect
• Stoyan Kitov (1938–), Bulgarian footballer
• Stoyan Kolev (1976–), Bulgarian goalkeeper
• Stoyan Nikolov (1949–), Bulgarian wrestler
• Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856–1927), Bulgarian writer
• Stoyan Stoyanov Mihaylovski (1812–1875), Bulgarian cleric
• Stoyan Ormandzhiev (1920–2006), Bulgarian footballer and manager
• Stoyan Petkov, Bulgarian prelate
• Stoyan Predev (1993–), Bulgarian footballer
• Stoyan Radev, Bulgarian film and theatre director
• Stoyan Stavrev (1975–), Bulgarian goalkeeper
• Stoyan Stefanov (1983–), Bulgarian footballer
• Stoyan Stoyanov (1913–1994), Bulgarian fighter pilot
• Stoyan Todorov (1982–), Bulgarian footballer
• Stoyan Yankulov (1966–), Bulgarian drummer
• Stoyan Yordanov (1944–), Bulgarian goalkeeper
• Stoyan Zagorchinov 1889–1969, Bulgarian writer
• Stoyan Zaimov (1853—1932), Bulgarian revolutionary
• Stoyan Zlatev (1954–), Bulgarian pentathlete
• Stojan Todorchev (1984–), Bulgarian strongman

Surname

• Denys Stoyan, Ukrainian football defender
• Dietrich Stoyan, German mathematician and statistician
• Maksym Stoyan (1980–), Ukrainian footballer

See also

• Stoyanov
• Stojan
• Stojanov
• Ilias Stogiannis
• Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre, a theatre in Varna

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