Given name & surname · also Dutch
Steen
“son of Stephen”
Steen is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, it goes back to a word meaning “son of Stephen.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Steen has more than one origin: as a general Germanic surname, it comes from Dutch Steen; as an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, it goes back to a word meaning “son of Stephen”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Dutch Steen, from West Flemish van, from Danish Steen, from Swedish Steen, from Norwegian Steen.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Steen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 151
- 151 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 10 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 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 331 as a first name in 2020; 12,234 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.
Steen’s family of names
In Danish usage, Steen shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Stein. In Norwegian usage, Steen has a related form in Stein. In Danish usage, Steen has a conventional equivalent in the Norwegian form Stein.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Steen has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Norwegian roots to each of them.
Norwegianwhere Steen comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Steen
- Steen Steensen BlicherDanish writer (1782-1848)
- Steen ThychosenDanish footballerborn 1958
- Steen OlsenDanish gymnast (1886–1960)
- Steen DueDanish field hockey player (1898–1974)
- Steen SecherDanish Olympic sailorborn 1959
- Steen Eiler RasmussenDanish architect (1898–1990)
- Steen Herschendsailor (1888–1976)
- Steen Andersen BilleDanish politician (1751–1833)
- Steen Steensen BlicherDanish footballer (1899-1965)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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