Sterling

Where Sterling comes from

See Stirling.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sterling
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Sterling through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys, with 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1895
    Peak, #305
    35 babies named Sterling, its best rank.
  3. 1916
    Sterling Hayden born
    American actor
  4. 1989
    Sterling Knight born
    American actor, singer, songwriter, director, comedian and musician
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Sterling Hayden · American actor, 1916–1986
  • Sterling Knight · American actor, singer, songwriter, director, comedian and musician, born 1989
  • Sterling K. Brown · American actor, born 1976
  • Sterling Morrison · American musician, 1942–1995
  • Sterling Holloway · American actor, 1905–1992

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.