Steven

Steven wears the crown without remarking on it. From the Greek Stephanos — "crown" or "garland," the victor's laurel given at ancient games — the name belonged to the first Christian martyr, stoned outside Jerusalem around 35 CE, and to kings of Hungary, Serbia, and England. The V-spelling spread in the twentieth century alongside the Ph variant, and Steven Spielberg gave it its enduring late-century gloss. The name peaked in the 1950s at number 10 in America and has settled to 269 today. Two unfussy syllables, a soft V, a warm open E. Reliable, creative, unpretentious. A name that does real work.