Given name & surname
Stu
“a steward; the keeper of the estate”
Stu is a short form of Stuart. One English interpretation is “a steward; the keeper of the estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stu is a short form of Stuart. One English interpretation is “a steward; the keeper of the estate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stu is a short form of Stuart. An origin associated with Stuart is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Stu is a diminutive of Stuart.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 55 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 13 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 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,533 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stu’s family of names
In English usage, Stu is a diminutive of Stuart. Stu is a short form of Stuart. Stu has a related form in Stuart.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Stu
- Stu HoldenAmerican soccer playerborn 1985
- Stu UngarAmerican poker player (1953–1998)
- Stu CookAmerican bass playerborn 1945
- Stu GriffingAmerican rower (1926–2021)
- Stu PhillipsAmerican composer of film scores and television-series theme music, conductor and record producer (born 1929)
- Stu GrimsonCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1965
- Stu GoldbergAmerican jazz keyboardist and musicianborn 1954
- Stu BlockCanadian singerborn 1977
- Stu NahanAmerican television anchor, sports reporter and radio personality (1926-2007)
Characters named Stu: Disco Stu (The Simpsons character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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