The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Diminutive of another of those “last name as first names”, in this case “Stuart” / “Stewart”, meaning “steward”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Stu, Stuart, Stew, Stewart, Stewie, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Stuie Kriszinski, Sheila’s fitness-obsessed younger brother, the object of Lily’s devotion, in Sleeping Arrangements, by Laura Cunningham (published 1989, set in the 1950s).

Tagged: 1950s, 1980s, English, S