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): (standard) /esˈtebeθ/ [es̺ˈt̪e.β̞eθ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /esˈtebes/ [esˈt̪e.β̞es]

 
  • Rhymes: -ebeθ
  • Rhymes: -ebes

  • Hyphenation: Es‧té‧vez

Proper noun

Estévez m

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estevee”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • "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

Proper noun

Estévez m or f by sense

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