{{About|the surname Stephenson|other uses|Stephenson (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox surname | name = Stephenson | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | meaning = "son of Stephen"<br>(from Greek "stephanos", meaning "crown") | languageorigin = English | variant = Steffensen, Stefansson, Stephensen, Stevenson, Stivenson | footnotes = Frequency Comparisons<ref>{{cite web| url = http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/stephenson| title = Stephenson Surname at Forebears}}</ref> }}
'''Stephenson''' is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including Stevenson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Stephenson |title=Surname: Stephenson |publisher=surnamedb.com |access-date=2008-02-26}}</ref> People with the surname include:
* Ashley Stephenson (born 1982), Canadian hockey and baseball player * Ashley Stephenson (1927–2021), British horticulturalist * Benjamin Stephenson (disambiguation), several people * Ben Stephenson (fl. 1990s–2020s), Anglo-American television executive * Chandler Stephenson (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player * Charles Bruce Stephenson (1929–2001), American astronomer * D. C. Stephenson (1891–1966), American, Ku Klux Klan leader * Debra Stephenson (born 1972), British actress * Dwight Stephenson, American football player * Earl Stephenson (born 1947), American baseball pitcher * F. Richard Stephenson (born 1941), British astronomer * Gene Stephenson, American college baseball coach * George Stephenson (1781–1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket * George Robert Stephenson (1819–1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson) * George Stephenson (disambiguation), multiple other people * Gilbert Stephenson (1878–1972), British Vice Admiral * Gordon Stephenson (1908–1997), Australian town planner and architect * Helga Stephenson, Canadian media executive * Henry Stephenson (1871–1956), British actor * Isaac Stephenson (1829–1918), U.S. politician from Wisconsin * Jim Stephenson, New Zealand international football (soccer) goalkeeper * John Stephenson (disambiguation), people named John Stephenson * June Ethel Stephenson (1914–1999), Australian artist * Lance Stephenson (born 1990), American professional basketball player * M. F. Stephenson (1802–1881/2), American assayer of the Dahlonega, Georgia Mint * Neal Stephenson (born 1959), U.S. author * Nicola Stephenson (born 1971), British actress * Pamela Stephenson (born 1949), New Zealand-Australian comedian, actress and psychologist, also known as Pamela Connolly * Paul Stephenson (footballer) (born 1968), former British footballer * Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner) (born 1937), British civil rights campaigner * Sir Paul Stephenson (born 1983), former London Metropolitan Police Commissioner * Paul Stephenson (rugby league), Australian professional rugby league footballer * Riggs Stephenson (1898–1985), U.S. baseball player * Robert Stephenson (1803–1859), British civil and railway engineer (son of George Stephenson) * Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (born 1953), U.S. Wikipedia editor * Roy Laverne Stephenson (1917–1982), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit * Samuel M. Stephenson (1803–1859), U.S. politician from Michigan * Sean Stephenson (1979–2019), American therapist, writer, and speaker * Shay Stephenson (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player * Thomas Alan Stephenson (1898–1961), British zoologist * Thomas Frederick Stephenson (1894–1917), British World War I flying ace * Tyler Stephenson (born 1996), American baseball player * William Stephenson (1897–1989), Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, and spymaster * William Stephenson (psychologist) (1902–1989), psychologist and physicist * William Haswell Stephenson (1836–1918), English industrialist and philanthropist in Newcastle upon Tyne
==See also== *Clan MacTavish - Stephenson Associated Family Name (Septs)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://clanmactavish.org/family-names-septs|title=Associated Family Names – (Septs)|publisher=Clan MacTavish|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://clanmactavish.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Clan_MacTavish_Surnames-thompson-sons-of-thomas-stevens-and-foxes-or-todds.pdf|title=The Transition of the MacGilletSamhais, MacStibhan, and Tahd Surnames being Associated Family Names of the Clan MacTavish OR How and Why Gaelic Surnames changed to Latin or Anglo-English| publisher=Clan MacTavish|access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref> *Justice Stephenson (disambiguation) *Stephen (surname) *Stephens Surname *Stevenson Surname *Stinson (surname)
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