Gregory vs Stephen - What's the difference?
gregory | stephen |
The first Christian martyr.
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* 1852 (William Harrison Ainsworth), Tale of a Carpet-Bag , Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 21, page 17:
* 1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English , Random House, page 245:
* 2000 (Helen DeWitt), The Last Samurai , Miramax Books(2002), ISBN 0786887001, page 142:
As proper nouns the difference between gregory and stephen
is that gregory is a given name derived from Ancient Greek while Stephen is the first Christian martyr.gregory
English
Usage notes
Name of early saints, and of 16 popes. Used since Middle Ages; popular in the mid-twentieth century.Quotations
* : Act V, Scene III: *: Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I have done this day. * 1990 , Time Bomb , page 163: *: The surname Graff'' was chosen because upscale consumers respect anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point. A forename like Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't have done. ''Too'' German. Too ''foreign . 'Gregory' scores high on the likability scale. All-American. Greg. He's one of the boys, with Teutonic ancestry.stephen
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Alternative forms
* as a given name: StevenProper noun
(en proper noun)- And Stephen , full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
- I, for my part, ask any candid reader if it was not bad enough to be called Broadfoot, without having it aggravated into Stephen Broadfoot? I feel confident I will here get a tear of sympathy from all unhappy Andrews and Peters, and Aarons and Samuels, with a smile of disdainful compassion from thrice-happy Franks and Charleys and Bills.
- It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony'', a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like ''Stephen'' , ''Peter'', ''Michael , etc., in this country.
- I thought that ideally it should be a name which could work whether he was serious and reserved or butch, a name like Stephen which could be Steve or David which could be Dave.