Esteves is a

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family name. Esteves comes from esteva, a flower in Portuguese. It is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

, meaning ''son of

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''. It is equivalent to the Galician name Estévez/Esteves, which takes the form

Estevez Estévez, or Estevez in English, is a Galician people, Galician (Spanish) family name. It is a patronymic, meaning ''son of Stephen'', in Galician Estevo. In Portuguese language, Portuguese the equivalent is Esteves, the Italian language, Italian eq ...

in America. Notable people with the name include: * Luis R. Esteves (1893–1958), founder of the Puerto Rico National Guard * Adriana Esteves (born 1969), Brazilian actress * Horacio Esteves (1940–1996), Venezuelan sprinter *

Ricardo Esteves Ricardo Felipe dos Santos Esteves (born 16 September 1979) is a retired Portuguese footballer. On the right side of the pitch, he could play as either a defender or midfielder. He played in 117 Primeira Liga games over the course of seven seas ...

(born 1979), Portuguese footballer *

Décio Esteves Décio Esteves da Silva (21 May 1927, in Rio de Janeiro – 25 December 2000, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian international football player and coach. Biography The technically adept and flexible player was used primarily in midfield. From ...

(1927–2000), Brazilian football player and coach * Alfredo Esteves (born 1976), Portuguese-East Timorese footballer * Jose Esteves (born 1947), mayor of Milpitas, California * Imara Esteves Ribalta (born 1978), Cuban beach volleyball player * Miguel Esteves Cardoso (born 1955), Portuguese writer, translator, critic and journalist * Hélder Esteves (born 1977), Portuguese football striker * Adérito Esteves (born 1985), Portuguese rugby union player * Leonardo Esteves de Nápoles (c. 1350–1421), Portuguese nobleman and military * Sandra María Esteves, American poet and graphic artist * José de Jesús Esteves (1881-1918), Puerto Rican poet, lawyer, and judge * Rui Esteves (born 1967), Portuguese football midfielder * Sérgio Esteves (born 1968), Portuguese swimmer *

Constantino Esteves Constantino Esteves (October 22, 1914 – 1985) was a Portuguese film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the ful ...

(1914–1985), Portuguese film director * Tomás Esteves (born 2002), Portuguese footballer

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