Estevo

Galician

Etymology

13th century, from older Estevoo, from Old Galician-Portuguese Estevão, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”). Cognate with Portuguese Estêvão, Spanish Esteban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈteβo̝/

Proper noun

Estevo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
2. a surname transferred from the given name
3. (biblical) Stephen (the first Christian martyr)

Related terms

• Esteves
• Estevez
• Estévez

References

• “Estevo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• "Estevo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.