Estévez

See also: Estevez

Galician

Alternative forms

• Esteves

Etymology

From the Medieval form Estevanez, later Estevees or Esteveez; from Latin Stephanus + the patronymical suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Stephan", and so being equivalent to English Stevenson.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /esˈtebeθ/ [es̺ˈt̪e.β̞eθ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /esˈtebeθ/ [es̺ˈt̪e.β̞eθ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /esˈtebes/ [esˈt̪e.β̞es]

 

• Rhymes: -ebeθ

• (standard) Rhymes: -ebeθ
• (seseo) Rhymes: -ebes

• Hyphenation: Es‧té‧vez

Proper noun

Estévez m

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• Esteves
• Estevez
• Estevo

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Estévez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esˈtebeθ/ [esˈt̪e.β̞eθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /esˈtebes/ [esˈt̪e.β̞es]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -ebeθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ebes
• Syllabification: Es‧té‧vez

Proper noun

Estévez m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician [in turn originating as a patronymic]