Stephen
English
Alternative forms
- as a given name: Steven
Etymology
From Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”) (from Proto-Indo-European *steb-, *stebʰ-, *stemb-, *stembʰ- (“to support; to stomp; to curse; to be amazed”)) + -νος (-nos, “suffix forming an adjective or noun”) (from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (“suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Stephen
- The first Christian martyr.
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- And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
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- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1852 William Harrison Ainsworth, Tale of a Carpet-Bag, Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 21, page 17:
- I, for my part, ask any candid reader if it was not bad enough to be called Broadfoot, without having it aggravated into Stephen Broadfoot? I feel confident I will here get a tear of sympathy from all unhappy Andrews and Peters, and Aarons and Samuels, with a smile of disdainful compassion from thrice-happy Franks and Charleys and Bills.
- 1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English, Random House, page 245:
- It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country.
- 2000 Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai, Miramax Books(2002), →ISBN, page 142:
- I thought that ideally it should be a name which could work whether he was serious and reserved or butch, a name like Stephen which could be Steve or David which could be Dave.
- 1852 William Harrison Ainsworth, Tale of a Carpet-Bag, Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 21, page 17:
- A patronymic surname transferred from the given name
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See also
Translations
biblical martyr
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male given name
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Cebuano
Etymology
From English Stephen, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”).
Proper noun
Stephen
- a male given name from Ancient Greek
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