Stefan is rather continental European, I'd have said.
To be fair, the form Steven almost certainly originated in England, and is really just a further Anglicisation of the name Stephen which is itself an Anglicisation of the Greek Stephanos (or, rather, Στεφανος).
However, the real point is that a man of Stephen Fry's dignity would naturally have the more classical spelling of Stephen.
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I'm not sure of the proper English gentlemanly way of saying this, but...
It's Stephen, damn it!
We'll have none of this vulgar Americanised phoneticisation, if you don't mind.
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Isn't Steven another name entirely? (If with almost certainly the same root)
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To be fair, the form Steven almost certainly originated in England, and is really just a further Anglicisation of the name Stephen which is itself an Anglicisation of the Greek Stephanos (or, rather, Στεφανος).
However, the real point is that a man of Stephen Fry's dignity would naturally have the more classical spelling of Stephen.
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