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Steve ✓ sourced (B)

Traced to a written source — see below.

Mechanism: cognate · Regions: AU

What it stands for

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Stefanos IS Stephen/Steve — a cognate, not a truncation. One documented family: Stefanos Kafcaloudes→Steve Kaff (Kafcaloudes/Neos Kosmos 2022).
Source: Dr Phil Kafcaloudes / Neos Kosmos (2022) — 'Anglicisation of Greek family names: how Greeks went English to survive in Australia' (B)

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