The steen Surname
steen Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: from a reduced form of the personal name Steven.
- North German, Dutch, and Scandinavian: from sten ‘stone’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with stone: a quarryman, stonecutter, or stonemason. The Swedish surname probably originated as a soldier’s name.
- Swedish: from the personal name Sten.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Steens from Delaware migrating to Georgia? |
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| Charles Herbert Steen, Jr. 1915 - 1970; OK > TX | James Forrest Steen | 1 |
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| Hilaire Elias Steen | Paula Stephens | 1 |
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