Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. An unlikely avatar: Steven Universe, a character by Rebecca Sugar This is a blog I have resisted because all of the common stories of my name’s origin seem rather strained versions of a thing that is rather common and unremarkable, if ubiquitous. And then there … More ‘Weave a circle round him thrice’: is ‘Steven’ a name which strains for significance rather than having it.