Stein

Where Stein comes from

Borrowed from German Stein. Doublet of Stone and Steen.
— Wiktionary's entry for Stein
  • Norwegian
Along the way
  1. 1960
    First appearance
    #3,337 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Peak, #2,982
    8 babies named Stein — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Norwegian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.