Sierra

Where Sierra comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sierra.

  • Vowel-ended
Sierra through the years
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #1,313 among girls with 32 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Sierra Boggess born
    American actress and singer
  3. 1994
    Sierra McClain born
    sister of China Anne McClain
  4. 1999
    Peak, #49
    5,715 babies named Sierra, its best rank.
  5. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #140.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.
Namesakes
  • Sierra Boggess · American actress and singer, born 1982
  • Sierra McClain · sister of China Anne McClain, born 1994
  • Sierra Hull · American bluegrass musician and songwriter, born 1991
  • Sierra Kusterbeck · American singer and songwriter, born 1990
  • Sierra Capri · American actress, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.