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Gender-neutral name Old English origin

Sterling

STUR-ling · 8 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Little star; high quality
Language
Old English
Culture
English
Religion
Secular
Style era
vintage
Themes
celestial · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#—
2024 births1,098
Peak year2024
First appeared1880
Total US births40,025
2024 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Ster
Alternate spellings
StirlingSterlyn
In other languages
Sterling (English)

Sibling name suggestions

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Notable people named Sterling

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling Knight
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