Esteban

Boy · Greek

Esteban

Say it: es-TEH-bahn

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Meaning

From Greek stephanos 'crown, garland'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

32,113 babies given this name since 1891
At its height in 2005, about 1 in 2,000 boys
629 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Spanish

The family of the name

Portuguese	Estêvão
Italian	Stefano

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Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.