Stein

Stein

1. A patronymic surname​ from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
2. A surname​ anglicized from the German surname Stein.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stein is the 796^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 43,389 individuals. Stein is most common among White (94.4%) individuals.

• Tiens, inset, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, snite, tines, tsine

From Old High German stein (“something hard”), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-. Cognate with Yiddish שטיין‎ (shteyn), Dutch steen, English stone, Danish sten, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

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Stein m (genitive Steines or Steins, plural Steine)

1. stone, rock
2. pit (core of a fruit)
3. an old unit of weight
4. (regional) a beer stein

• Gesteinsbrocken m
• Gestein n
• Kern m

Stein ? (genitive Stein)

1. A topographic or occupational surname​.

• Acetylcystein (ACC)
• Cystein (Cys, C)
• Genistein
• Homocystein (homocysteine)
• L-Cystein
• S-Adenosyl-L-Homocystein (SAH)
• Selenocystein (selenocysteine)
• Zystein (Cys, C, cysteine)

• Stein in Duden online

From Old Norse Steinn, short form of compound names with the element steinn (“stone”). Cognate with Swedish Sten and Danish Steen.

Stein

1. A male given name.

• Steinar
• Sten
• Arnstein, Jostein, Torstein, Øistein, Øystein

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 181 males with the given name Stein living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.