Given name & surname
Esteban
“one who is crowned in victory”
Esteban is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is crowned in victory.”
Original Spanishเอซเตบัน
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is crowned in victory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Esteban developed from Stephanus. In Spanish usage, Esteban developed from Στέφανος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esteban through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35,623
- 35,592 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 1,024 babies
- 2025
- 673
- #461 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 673 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 461 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,024 in 2005. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (176). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 40,480 as a first name in 2020; 5,467 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Esteban’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Esteban has a diminutive in TEBAN. In Spanish usage, Esteban developed from the Latin form Stephanus. In Spanish usage, Esteban has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form Steven.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Esteban has relatives in 33 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Esteban comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Estevanvariant
- Estefanvariant
- Estevonvariant
- Estebannlikely variant
- Tebandiminutive · ceb
- Estyvanvariant
- Estybanvariant
- Estebevariant
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- StevenDutch, English
- StephenEnglish
- StefanPolish, Swedish
- Steveequivalent
- StephanGerman
- StefanoItalian
- Etienneequivalent
- Stivenequivalent
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- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- SteffanWelsh
- Stepanequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Estephanequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- EsteveCatalan
- СтефанRussian, Ukrainian
- СтепанRussian
- Estevocognate · Galician
- Στέφανοςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- StéphaneFrench
- ŠtefanCzech, Slovene
- ŠtěpánCzech
- Stevoequivalent
- Ștefanequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Stéphanequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- ŞtefanRomanian
- EstêvãoPortuguese
- SzczepanPolish
- EstèveOccitan
- EstefeOccitan
- SteponasLithuanian
- StefansLatvian
- StefánIcelandic
- IstvánHungarian
- ÉtienneFrench
- TapaniFinnish
- StjepanSerbo-Croatian
- Stephanusroot · Latin
People named Esteban
- Esteban CambiassoArgentine association football player (born 1980)
- Esteban OconFrench racing driverborn 1996
- Esteban GraneroSpanish footballerborn 1987
- Esteban GutiérrezMexican race car driverborn 1991
- Antonio SkármetaChilean writer and ambassador (1940–2024)
- Esteban ParedesChilean footballer and coachborn 1980
- Steven BauerEuro-Indigenous Cuban-American character actor, producer, musician, and entrepreneurborn 1956
- Esteban ChavesRoad racing cyclistborn 1990
- Esteban AlvaradoCosta Rican football playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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