Sterling Forename
31,074th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 25,975 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia
Sterling Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: Genuine and true.
Sterling Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 92% | 21,646 | 1:16,748 | 1,471 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,884 | 1:17,587 | 1,669 |
| Jamaica | - | 364 | 1:7,921 | 997 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 348 | 1:3,912 | 725 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 297 | 1:35,122 | 2,691 |
| Australia | - | 191 | 1:71,506 | 2,992 |
| Haiti | 100% | 165 | 1:65,012 | 4,093 |
| England | 100% | 114 | 1:487,745 | 10,446 |
| Bahamas | - | 108 | 1:3,698 | 660 |
| Philippines | 73% | 87 | 1:1,218,500 | 31,300 |
| Nicaragua | 59% | 60 | 1:100,306 | 3,501 |
| India | 75% | 58 | 1:20,946,172 | 487,782 |
| Nigeria | 63% | 54 | 1:3,288,229 | 56,114 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 48 | 1:629,206 | 15,668 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Colombia | 100% | 47 | 1:1,016,573 | 11,521 |
| Micronesia | - | 38 | 1:2,803 | 374 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 36 | 1:51,198 | 1,225 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 33 | 1:144,483 | 3,913 |
| Thailand | 79% | 31 | 1:2,260,188 | 59,676 |
| South Africa | 94% | 21 | 1:2,596,793 | 70,323 |
| Brazil | 100% | 21 | 1:10,201,722 | 125,264 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 20 | 1:1,080,525 | 27,973 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| China | - | 15 | 1:91,070,385 | 64,310 |
| Russia | 100% | 14 | 1:10,302,407 | 38,919 |
| Peru | 100% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| Germany | 100% | 12 | 1:8,056,490 | 29,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 89% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| France | 100% | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| Mexico | 86% | 9 | 1:13,793,825 | 37,132 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 7 | 1:8,757 | 1,332 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Indonesia | - | 5 | 1:51,592,734 | 871,495 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Sweden | 50% | 4 | 1:2,464,477 | 34,955 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Switzerland | - | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Chile | 50% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 2 | 1:15,224,970 | 260,513 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Ireland | 67% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
Sterling (53,208) may also be a surname.
Sterling Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: Genuine and true.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Sterling Forename Popularity
Sterling Demographics
Average Male Sterling Height
177.65 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 750 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stherling | 94 | 14 | / |
| Stearling | 94 | 14 | / |
| Sterrling | 94 | 11 | / |
| Sterlling | 94 | 9 | / |
| Sterlings | 94 | 8 | / |
| Shterling | 94 | 3 | / |
| Steirling | 94 | 2 | / |
| Steerling | 94 | 2 | / |
| Sterlingg | 94 | 2 | / |
| Jsterling | 94 | 2 | / |
| Stierling | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sterlhing | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sterlijng | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sterlingc | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sterlingq | 94 | 1 | / |
| Stoerling | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sterlin | 93 | 1,302 | / |
| Sterlng | 93 | 2 | / |
| Stherlling | 89 | 2 | / |
| Starling | 88 | 1,925 | / |
| Stirling | 88 | 1,448 | / |
| Sterlina | 88 | 67 | / |
| Storling | 88 | 15 | / |
| Styrling | 88 | 12 | / |
| Sterlyng | 88 | 10 | / |
| Streling | 88 | 6 | / |
| Stherlin | 88 | 6 | / |
| Sterlind | 88 | 5 | / |
| Sterleng | 88 | 4 | / |
| Stearlin | 88 | 3 | / |
| Sterlinn | 88 | 2 | / |
| Sterilng | 88 | 2 | / |
| Stierlin | 88 | 2 | / |
| Sterlion | 88 | 1 | / |
| Stterlin | 88 | 1 | / |
| Steerlin | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sterlimg | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sterln | 86 | 2 | / |
| Stharling | 82 | 22 | / |
| Stherlina | 82 | 10 | / |
| Starlling | 82 | 4 | / |
| Stairling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sstarling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Stirlings | 82 | 1 | / |
| Starlingh | 82 | 1 | / |
| Stterlina | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sterlyn | 80 | 235 | / |
| Sterlen | 80 | 32 | / |
| Stirlin | 80 | 11 | / |
| Steryln | 80 | 3 | / |
| Strelin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sterlene | 75 | 79 | / |
| Sterlynn | 75 | 9 | / |
| Stherlyn | 75 | 8 | / |
| Starleng | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sterleen | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sterlyon | 75 | 2 | / |
| Starlink | 75 | 2 | / |
| Stterlen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Stearlyn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Starlinc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sterllen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sterlyna | 75 | 1 | / |
| Storleng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sterloen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zterlina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sterlynne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stearlene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stirlen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Stirlyn | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sterlem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Strelyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Strelen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Styrlen | 67 | 1 | / |
Sterling Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling in the Russian language | ||
| Стерлинг | sterling | - |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sterling