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Stephen

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”).

From *stegʷʰ- (“to enlace”) + -νος (-nos, “suffix forming an adjective or noun”) from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (“suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiːvən/ (most common Anglophone pronunciation)
    • Audio (UK)(file)
    Rhymes: -iːvən
    Homophone: Steven
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛfən/
    Rhymes: -ɛfən
  • IPA(key): /ˈstiːfən/ (Philippine but nonstandard pronunciation)

Proper nounEdit

Stephen

  1. The first Christian martyr.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1852, William Harrison Ainsworth, “Tale of a Carpet-Bag”, in Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 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, published 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.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. A minor city in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States, named after George Stephen.

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EtymologyEdit

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 nounEdit

Stephen

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek
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