Stepney

English

Etymology

• From Old English Stybbanhyð (“Stybba's hithe”), from Stybba (personal name) + hyþ (“harbour; landing-place; hithe”).
• (spare wheel): Originally a brand name, from the Stepney Spare Motor Wheel company.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɛpni/

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Proper noun

Stepney (countable and uncountable, plural Stepneys)

1. An urban area of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3581).
2. A suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0830).
3. A neighbourhood of the town of Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
4. A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Stepney Green

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stepney is the 18018^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1549 individuals. Stepney is most common among Black/African American (87.6%) individuals.

Noun

Stepney (plural Stepneys)

1. (India, automotive) A spare wheel.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stepney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.