Esteban () is a
Spanish male
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and
Stephen
Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is w ...
. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is
on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a
proparoxytone
In linguistics, a proparoxytone (, ) is a word with stress on the antepenultimate (third to last) syllable, such as the English language, English words "cinema" and "operational". Related concepts are paroxytone (stress on the penultimate syllable) ...
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People with the given name
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Esteban Alvarado, Costa Rican goalkeeper
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Esteban Andrés Suárez, Spanish football goalkeeper
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Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer
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Esteban Dorr (born 2000), French table tennis player
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Esteban de Dorantes, 16th Century Explorer of North America
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Esteban de la Fuente, Argentine basketball player
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Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer
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Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
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Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
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Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican racing driver
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Esteban Herrault, French para table tennis player
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Esteban Lazo Hernández
Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández (born 26 February 1944) is a Cuban politician who has been the President of the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's parliament, since 2013. Previously he was Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State. He ...
, Cuban politician
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Esteban Loaiza
Esteban Antonio Loaiza Veyna o-EYE-sa(born December 31, 1971) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for El Águila de Veracruz of the Mexican League. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsbur ...
, Mexican retired baseball player
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Esteban Navarro, Spanish novelist
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Esteban Ocon, French Formula One driver
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Esteban Pérez, Argentine basketball player
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Esteban Solari, Argentine football player
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Esteban Trapiello, Venezuelan businessman
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Esteban Tuero
Esteban Eduardo Tuero (born 22 April 1978) is an Argentina, Argentine former Auto racing, racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Minardi team in 1998. At 19, he became the then-third-youngest (now tenth youngest) List of Formula One drive ...
, Argentine racing driver
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Esteban Valencia, Chilean footballer
Stage name
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Esteban (musician)
Stephen Paul (born }) is an American classical guitarist best known by the stage name Esteban. He is from the Pittsburgh area and has lived in Tempe, Arizona since 1976.
He has sold instructional DVDs and guitars on home-shopping channels Q ...
, stage name of guitarist Stephen Paul
Fictional characters
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Esteban Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend ...
, in the French-Japanese animated series ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''
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Esteban Ramírez, in American television sitcom ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''
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Esteban Trueba
''The House of the Spirits'' (, 1982) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Barcelona in 1982. It became an instant best-seller, was critically acclaimed, a ...
one of the protagonists of the novel ''The House of the Spirits'' by Isabel Allende
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Steve "Esteban" Cortez, shuttle pilot and requisitions officer in the video game
Mass Effect 3
''Mass Effect 3'' is a 2012 action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the ''Mass Effect'' series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 for ...
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Spanish masculine given names
Masculine given names