Boy · Greek, through Latin
Étienne
Say it: ay-TYEN
Meaning
From Greek stephanos 'crown, wreath'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Honouring the first Christian martyr, common since the Middle Ages.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,563 babies given this name since 1902
- At its height in 1902, about 1 in 24,500 boys
- 24 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Etienne
| English | Stephen |
|---|---|
| Italian | Stefano |
| Dutch | Stefan |
| Spanish | Esteban |
Famous bearers
- Étienne Marcel, provost of Paris merchants
- Étienne Brûlé, French explorer of the Great Lakes
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- The Paris tax rolls of the 1290s
- Parish baptism registers
- Colonial records of the Americas
- 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.
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