Stephen
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"Steve" redirects here. For the film, see Steve (film).
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Stephen
StStephen GiacomoCavedone.jpg
Saint Stephen (detail) by Giacomo Cavedone Saint Stephen was the first martyred saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Greek
Meaning Wreath, Crown, Honour, Reward, Royalty (but not King)
Other names
Nickname(s) Steve, Stevie
Derived Στέφανος (Stephanos)
Related names Steve, Steven, Stevie, Stefan, Stefano, Stephan, Stefani, Fen, Steph, Stephanie, Stevo, Stanley Look up Stephen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Stephen or Steven /ˈstiːvən/ is a masculine first name, derived from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stéfanos), in turn from the Greek word "στέφανος", meaning "wreath, crown, honour, …show more content…
This etymological usage began a decline in the mid-19th century.
Steve is the common short form, while various diminutives such as Stevie and Ste are also used. Many family names are derived from Stephen: the most common are Stephens/Stevens and Stephenson/Stevenson (others include Stephen, Stephan, Staphan, Stefan, Stevin and Stever).
The name was ranked 201 in the United States in 2009, according to the Social Security Administration.[4] The name reached its peak popularity in 1951 but remained very common through the mid-1990s, when popularity started to decrease in the United States.[5]
In the United Kingdom, it peaked during the 1950s and 1960s as one of the top ten male first names (ranking third in 1954) but had fallen to twentieth by 1984 and had fallen out of the top one hundred by 2002.[6]
The female version of the name is
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Steve)
For other uses, see Stephen (disambiguation).
"Steve" redirects here. For the film, see Steve (film).
"Stephanus" redirects here. For the translator of Plato, see Henri Estienne.
Stephen
StStephen GiacomoCavedone.jpg
Saint Stephen (detail) by Giacomo Cavedone Saint Stephen was the first martyred saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Greek
Meaning Wreath, Crown, Honour, Reward, Royalty (but not King)
Other names
Nickname(s) Steve, Stevie
Derived Στέφανος (Stephanos)
Related names Steve, Steven, Stevie, Stefan, Stefano, Stephan, Stefani, Fen, Steph, Stephanie, Stevo, Stanley Look up Stephen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Stephen or Steven /ˈstiːvən/ is a masculine first name, derived from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stéfanos), in turn from the Greek word "στέφανος", meaning "wreath, crown, honour, …show more content…
This etymological usage began a decline in the mid-19th century.
Steve is the common short form, while various diminutives such as Stevie and Ste are also used. Many family names are derived from Stephen: the most common are Stephens/Stevens and Stephenson/Stevenson (others include Stephen, Stephan, Staphan, Stefan, Stevin and Stever).
The name was ranked 201 in the United States in 2009, according to the Social Security Administration.[4] The name reached its peak popularity in 1951 but remained very common through the mid-1990s, when popularity started to decrease in the United States.[5]
In the United Kingdom, it peaked during the 1950s and 1960s as one of the top ten male first names (ranking third in 1954) but had fallen to twentieth by 1984 and had fallen out of the top one hundred by 2002.[6]
The female version of the name is