Stephenson

Stephenson
Origin
Language(s)English
Meaning"son of Stephen"
(from Greek "stephanos", meaning "crown")
Other names
Variant form(s)Steffensen, Stefansson, Stephensen, Stevenson, Stivenson
Frequency Comparisons[1]

Stephenson is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including Stevenson.[2] People with the surname include:

  • Ashley Stephenson (born 1982), Canadian hockey and baseball player
  • Ashley Stephenson (1927–2021), British horticulturalist
  • Benjamin Stephenson (disambiguation), several people
  • Ben Stephenson (fl. 1990s–2020s), Anglo-American television executive
  • Chandler Stephenson (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Charles Bruce Stephenson (1929–2001), American astronomer
  • D. C. Stephenson (1891–1966), American, Ku Klux Klan leader
  • Debra Stephenson (born 1972), British actress
  • Dwight Stephenson, American football player
  • Earl Stephenson (born 1947), American baseball pitcher
  • F. Richard Stephenson (born 1941), British astronomer
  • Gene Stephenson, American college baseball coach
  • George Stephenson (1781–1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket
  • George Robert Stephenson (1819–1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson)
  • George Stephenson (disambiguation), multiple other people
  • Gilbert Stephenson (1878–1972), British Vice Admiral
  • Gordon Stephenson (1908–1997), Australian town planner and architect
  • Helga Stephenson, Canadian media executive
  • Henry Stephenson (1871–1956), British actor
  • Isaac Stephenson (1829–1918), U.S. politician from Wisconsin
  • Jim Stephenson, New Zealand international football (soccer) goalkeeper
  • John Stephenson (disambiguation), people named John Stephenson
  • June Ethel Stephenson (1914–1999), Australian artist
  • Lance Stephenson (born 1990), American professional basketball player
  • M. F. Stephenson (1801 – after 1878), U.S. assayer of the Dahlonega, Georgia Mint
  • Neal Stephenson (born 1959), U.S. author
  • Nicola Stephenson (born 1971), British actress
  • Pamela Stephenson (born 1949), New Zealand-Australian comedian, actress and psychologist, also known as Pamela Connolly
  • Paul Stephenson (footballer) (born 1968), former British footballer
  • Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner) (born 1937), British civil rights campaigner
  • Sir Paul Stephenson (born 1983), former London Metropolitan Police Commissioner
  • Paul Stephenson (rugby league), Australian professional rugby league footballer
  • Riggs Stephenson (1898–1985), U.S. baseball player
  • Robert Stephenson (1803–1859), British civil and railway engineer (son of George Stephenson)
  • Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (born 1953), U.S. Wikipedia editor
  • Roy Laverne Stephenson (1917–1982), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • Samuel M. Stephenson (1803–1859), U.S. politician from Michigan
  • Sean Stephenson (1979–2019), American therapist, writer, and speaker
  • Shay Stephenson (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Thomas Alan Stephenson (1898–1961), British zoologist
  • Thomas Frederick Stephenson (1894–1917), British World War I flying ace
  • Tyler Stephenson (born 1996), American baseball player
  • William Stephenson (1897–1989), Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, and spymaster
  • William Stephenson (psychologist) (1902–1989), psychologist and physicist
  • William Haswell Stephenson (1836–1918), English industrialist and philanthropist in Newcastle upon Tyne

See also

  • Justice Stephenson (disambiguation)

References

  1. ^ "Stephenson Surname at Forebears".
  2. ^ "Surname: Stephenson". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
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