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“STEVEN”
“STEPHEN”
“STEPHAN”
“STEVAN”
“STEFAN”
“STEVON”
(we prefer ‘V’ over ‘PH’)
(just as we prefer ‘F’ over ‘PH’)
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*ALLIES*
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*FICTIONAL STEVENS*
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*SONGS FOR STEVEN*
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***THE GOLD STANDARD***
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(‘masculine first name’, derived from the greek name Στέφανος (stéfanos), in turn from the greek word “στέφανος”, meaning “wreath, crown, honour, reward”, literally “that which surrounds or encompasses”)
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(in ‘ancient greece’, a ‘wreath’ was given to the winner of a contest (from which the ‘crown symbol’ of ‘rulers’ derived))
(the use of the noun was first recorded in homer’s iliad)
(the name is significant to christians: according to the “book of acts” in the “new testament”, “saint stephen” was a ‘deacon’ who was ‘stoned to death’ and is regarded as the first christian martyr)
(in ‘middle english’, the name ‘stephen’ (or ‘stephan’) was pronounced as a bi-syllabic word (‘step-hen’ or ‘step-han’) much like a ‘scandinavian’ surname)
(‘steve’ was pronounced as it is in ‘modern english’)
(this ‘etymological usage’ began a decline in the ‘mid-19th century’)
(“steve” is the common short form, while various diminutives such as stevie and ste are also used)
(many family names are derived from “stephen”)
(the most common are stephens / stevens + stephenson / stevenson
(aka “steve’s son”)
(others include stephen / stephan / staphan / stefan / stevin / stever))
(the name was ranked #201 in the “united atates” in ‘2009’, according to the “social security administration”)
(the name reached its ‘peak popularity’ in ‘1951’ but remained very common through the ‘mid-1990s’, when popularity started to decrease in the “united states”)
(in the “united kingdom”, it peaked during the ‘1950s’ + ‘1960s’ as one of the ‘top 10 male first names’ (ranking #3 in ‘1954’) but had fallen to #20 by ‘1984’ and had fallen out of the ‘top 100’ by ‘2002’)
(the female version of the name is ‘stephanie’)
(for “stephen” as a surname, see “stephen” (surname), “stephenson” and “stevenson”)
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