Steven

Steven is derived from Greek as “Stephanos” meaning a crown, a garland. The name is borne in the Bible by St Stephen, one of the seven chosen to assist the apostles, and the first Christian martyr.

The name means "crowned with a garland".

In Roman Britannia the name originated as "Stephaenus". When The Empire laid in shambles the Danish (Angles) & Saxons invaded. They beared with them two pronunciations for all thing relating to the letter F one is "eff" and the other "fee" said like "vee". "PH" was noted as two letter/one character. Lead "PH" was said like "Fee" whilst in flow "ph" was said like "vee". The letter "V" a Waw in the Roman dominated world was used much like a "W" or a "U". As Britannia was oriented with Celts, Vikings, & Latins and so on two names came from the Old "Stephaenus". Stephan and some time later also spelled Stephen. The PHI was voiced thus the "Vee" was born. This pronunciation was then in transition to the character "V" altering the Roman Waw. The spelling "Stephen" became more popular in Medieval England usage than "Stephan". The Renaissance period brought the Great Vowel Shift and hence the phonetic spelling "STEVEN" was made.

The name originated in Scotland. The meaning of the word was "King of kings." A possible reason why royalty was named Steven.

Steven is derived from the Greek name "Stephanio" meaning "crowned one" referring to a temporary crown, not a "diadem" or an "eternal crown".