Stepka Family History
Stepka Name Meaning
Polish (Stępka): from Old Polish stępka a diminutive of stępa ‘device used for crushing and grinding; bear trap’. Alternatively a derivative of the verb stąpać ‘to tread to step’. Polish: from a pet form of Stepan personal name of Ukrainian origin from Greek Stephanos Latin Stephanus (see Steven ). Czech (mainly Štěpka) and Slovak (Štepka): from a pet form of the Czech personal name Štěpán and its Slovak regional cognate Štepán from Latin Stephanus (see Steven ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022