Sir

Where Sir comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sir.

Sir through the years
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #3,966 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2021
    Peak, #1,461
    123 babies named Sir, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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