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Galician
Etymology
13th century, from older Estevoo, from Old Galician-Portuguese Estevão, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown”). Cognate with Portuguese Estêvão, Spanish Esteban.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Estevo m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
- a surname transferred from the given name
- (biblical) Stephen (the first Christian martyr)
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Estevo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- "Estevo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.