Stirling

Where Stirling comes from

Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”) + linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Stirling
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Peak, #1,867
    15 babies named Stirling — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1943
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 2010
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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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.