Estévez

See also: Estevez

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Medieval form Estevanez, later Estevees or Esteveez; from Latin Stephanus + the patronymical suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Stephan", and so being equivalent to English Stevenson.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /esˈteβeθ̝/

Proper noun

Estévez m

  1. a surname transferred from the given name

References
  • “estevee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • "Estévez" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Estévez

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /esˈtebeθ/ [esˈt̪e.β̞eθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /esˈtebes/ [esˈt̪e.β̞es]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -ebeθ
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -ebes
  • Syllabification: Es‧té‧vez

Proper noun

Estévez m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician [in turn originating as a patronymic]
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