Sterling

Where Sterling comes from

See Stirling.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sterling
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1895
    Peak, #305
    35 babies named Sterling — more than any year before or since.
  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.