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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish : patronymic from Steen (reduced form of Steven).
  • Americanized spelling of Steensen, Stensen, Norwegian and Danish patronymics from Sten, a personal name derived from Old Norse steinn ‘stone’.

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