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Updated January 17, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a short form of the personal name Steffen, a German form of Latin Stephanus (see Steven).
  • English : nickname for a resolute or obstinate person, from Middle English stef ‘stiff’, ‘unyielding’.

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