Given name & surname
Stewart
“a steward; the keeper of the estate”
In English use, Stewart has a related form in Stuart. One English interpretation is “a steward; the keeper of the estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Stewart has a related form in Stuart. One English interpretation is “a steward; the keeper of the estate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Stewart has a related form in Stuart. An origin associated with Stuart is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stewart through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31,285
- 31,200 boys · 85 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 650 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,030 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,030 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 647 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,783 as a first name in 2020; 311,429 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.
Stewart’s family of names
In English usage, Stewart has a diminutive in Stew. Stewart has a surname derivative in STEWARTSON. Stewart has a related form in Stuart.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stewart has relatives in 3 languages.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stewart
- Stewart DowningEnglish association football player (born 1984)
- Bob EinsteinAmerican comedian, actor (1942–2019)
- Stewart GrangerBritish actor (1913–1993)
- Stewart CopelandAmerican drummer and composer (born 1952)
- Stu HartCanadian professional and amateur wrestler, promoter, and trainer (1915-2003)
- Stewart BrandAmerican writer (born 1938)
- Stewart Cinkprofessional golferborn 1973
- Stewart UdallAmerican Democratic politician, former United States Secretary of the Interior (1920-2010)
- Stewart McKimmieScottish association football player (born 1962)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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