Steve

Steve \(s)te-ve, st-eve\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Steve is pronounced as STiy-V ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Steve: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)"

What is the origin of Steve?

Steve is used mostly in English and its language of origin is Old Greek. Steve is a shortening (English) of the Dutch and English name Steven definition as well as a familiar form of the English name Stephen meaning. Steve is a classic favorite. Today it is still a somewhat popular baby boy name, but to a lesser degree than it was in the past. Its usage peaked in 1959 with 0.511% of baby boys being named Steve. It was #41 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a steep fall in frequency since then, and is currently used on a modest scale. In 2010, its usage was only 0.014% and its ranking #786. Among the family of boy names directly related to Steve, meaning of Steven was the most commonly used. In 2010, it was 12 times more popular than Steve.

The following famous people share the name Steve:

• Actor Steve Burns, born 9 October 1973, Boyertown, Pennsylvania
• Actor Steve Buscemi, born 13 December 1957, Brooklyn, New York
• Actor Steve Carell, born 16 August 1963, Acton, Massachusetts
• Actor Steve McQueen, born Terrence Steven McQueen 24 March 1930 - 7 November 1980, Beech Grove, Indiana
• Adventurer Steve Fossett, born 22 April 1944, Jackson, Tennessee
• Business Personality Steve Case, born 21 August 1958, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Business Personality Steve Jobs, born 24 February 1955, San Francisco, California
• Comedian Steve Martin, born 14 August 1945, Waco, Texas
• Footballer Steve Young, born 11 October 1961, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Publisher Steve Forbes, born Malcolm 'Steve' Forbes, Jr
• 18 July 1947, Morristown, New Jersey.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Steve:

the name baby name Steeve, the Dutch Staaf name, the name Staff definition, the Hebrew Stav definition, the name short names for Steb, the English baby name Stef, the name nicknames for Step, the English Steph definition, the Indian short names for Sachdev, the name baby name Sahdev, the name what does the name Sahdiv mean, the name Sahdyv pronounciation, the name short names for Staffi, the name short names for Staffie, the name meaning of Staffy, the name Steba definition, the name Stevey meaning and origin, the English Stevie pronounciation, the English what does the name Stevy mean, and the name nicknames for Sahadiv.

The baby name Steve fun facts:

The name Steve in reverse order is "Evets".

The numerological value of the name Steve is number 8, which means practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

How popular is Steve?

Steve is in the top names in USA.