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 [ 2 syll. (s)te-war(t), st-ewa-rt ] The boy name Stewart is pronounced STUWerT KEY. Stewart's origin is Old English, and its use, English. From stigweard 'steward' ; stig 'house' ; weard 'warden, guard'. The first name is derived from the Scottish surname, itself derived from the job title for a steward or guardian of a manor house. The first name was adopted from the start of the 19th century. Forms of Stewart include the English Steward, the English Stu, and the English and Scottish Stuart. Another variant of the name is the English short form Stew. Stewart is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1956, 0.030% of baby boys were named Stewart. It had a ranking of #291 then. The baby name has substantially slipped in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale today. Within all boy names in its family, Stewart was nevertheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Stewart include the English and Scottish Stuart, the Indian Sidharth, the English Steward, the English Stoddard, the English Stoddart, and the Indian Sidhartha. KEY: Pronunciation for Stewart: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
