# Stepney

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstɛpni/ · frequency rank #61,132

## Definitions
1. An urban area of London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3581).
2. A suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0830).
3. A neighbourhood of the town of Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
4. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English Stybbanhȳþ (“Stybba's hithe”), from *Stybba (personal name) + hȳþ (“harbour; landing-place; hithe”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stepney