As described in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)


Local. From a town of the same name called Stebbings, originally Stubing, in Essex, England. So called from stub, Saxon, styobe, Latin stipes, the stump of a tree, and mg, a field or meadow.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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