Is it Stephen or Steven? (both pronounced the same)?

Question

If it's Stephen, can it be shortened to Steve? Where do they originate from?

Answer 1

Hey Jonathan,

Yes they are pronounced the same.

"Christian protomartyr who, according to the New Testament, was stoned to death after his defense of Christianity before the Sanhedrin"

Answer 2

Yeah, they're both pronounced the same - assuming that they are American. Usually, it's more of an Italian or Greek name, I think and the proununciations do vary occassionally. But if it is Stephen, yeah, it can be shortened to Steve.

Answer 3

My oldest son is a Steven. The first Christian martyr in the bible was a Stephen. My friend is a Stephen who is called Steve! LOL Guess it don't matter!

Answer 4

Stephen, or Steven, generally pronounced IPA /ˈstivn̩/, is a male first name, originating from the Greek term Στέφανος (Stephanos), Latinized Stephanus. The meaning of the name is "crown" or "wreath."

Answer 5

they both can be shortened to Steve, as for the diff spellings its just a matter of preference. I have no idea where the name originated from though

Answer 6

This is My name, most of the time they are but due to the fact the "ph" version is a double consonant in the middle I've gotten called Ste'Fen. Although usually said like 'Steven' I've had occasional reminders of the Ste'Fen version. If it's said like that it gets spelled Stephan.

Answer 7

Stephen is From the greek name Stephanos. And there is also Stephan that is french.

Answer 8

Some may pronounce Stef-en

Answer 9

steven stephen

Answer 10

Greece ! The crowned one ! and both spelled names are pronounced the same !

Answer 11

nd they can be bothe shortened to steve. i think it was orriginally stephan but as ppl always speel names differant it became steven to