STEPHEN. This scripture name, like many others, was not iutroduced here until the Norman Conquest, after which we find it in the form of Fitz-Stcphen. It occupies a large place among our surnames in the usual genitive forms of Stephens, Stevens, Steevens, Stephenson, Stevenson, &c. A nicked or abbreviated form furnishes us with ourSteen, Stecnsou, Stimson, Stimpsou, Stinson, Stibbs ; perhaps also Stubbs, Steft', Stiff, and Stcnnett. Tiffany and

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.