Given name & surname
Esteve
“crowned with garland”
Esteve is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Esteve is a form of Stephen. One Greek interpretation is “crowned with garland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Esteve is a form of Stephen. An origin associated with Stephen is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Catalan usage, Esteve developed from Στέφανος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esteve through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125 as a first name in 2020; 478 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.
Esteve’s family of names
Esteve shares a linguistic root with Stephen. In Catalan usage, Esteve has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Esteban. Esteve is a form of Stephen.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Esteve has relatives in 10 languages.
10 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Stevenequivalent
- Stephencognate · English
- EstebanSpanish
- StefanPolish
- Steveequivalent
- StephanGerman
- StefanoItalian
- Etienneequivalent
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- Stivenequivalent
- Stefanosequivalent
- Stevanequivalent
- Stefenequivalent
- Steffenequivalent
- Steeveequivalent
- Stephaneequivalent
- Steponasequivalent
- Stefánequivalent
- Tapaniequivalent
- Istvánequivalent
- Stéphanequivalent
- Stefequivalent
- Szczepanequivalent
- Stjepanequivalent
- Estevoequivalent
- Estêvãoequivalent
- Étienneequivalent
- Staffanequivalent
- StéphaneFrench
- Estèvecognate · Occitan
- ŠtěpánCzech
- Štefanequivalent
- Στέφανοςroot · Ancient Greek
- Stephanusolder form · Latin
People named Esteve
- Tito RabatSpanish motorcycle racerborn 1989
- Esteve MonterdeSpanish association football playerborn 1995
- Esteve Pedrol i AlbaredaSpanish association football player (1905–1976)
- Esteve FraderaSpanish association football playerborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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