Sinclair

Where Sinclair comes from

Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sinclair
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1885
    Sinclair Lewis born
    American writer and playwright
  2. 1893
    Sinclair Weeks born
    American politician
  3. 1900
    Debut at its peak, #968
    #968 among boys with 8 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 2017
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls 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
  • Sinclair Lewis · American writer and playwright, 1885–1951
  • Sinclair Weeks · American politician, 1893–1972
  • Sinclair Hood · Irish anthropologist and archaeologist, 1917–2021
  • Sinclair Stevens · Canadian politician, 1927–2016
  • Sinclair Ross · Canadian banker and writer, 1908–1996

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.