How do you pronounce Isstvan?

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**chaos0xomega**

I pronounce it ist-vaan, ist like the german word, vaan like... errr... naan with a v...

**squidhills**

calamarialldayerrday wrote:
How the hell is this name pronounced? Is it derived from the Hungarian name "Istvan," meaning Stephen, which is pronounced "Ishtvan"? If it is of Hungarian origin, the double-s would also give a "sh" sound, as in "Wesselényi" or "Andrassy" for example.

If it isn't Hungarian, why does it bear such close resemblance to Hungarian?

You know, after reading the thread title I was going to come here and make a facetious donkey-cave post about how I pronounce it "Steven"... And now I see that that isn't too far off the mark. I think the universe might have just trolled me.