Sterling



Gender:
Origin: English
183 famous people named Sterling found on Wikipedia.
31654 male, 2513 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 409-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 308-th in year 1895
Used in: English

Meanings

Transferred use of the surname, which is a variant of the English Starling. It is derived from the Old English stærling (a starling, a type of bird) and arose as a nickname in reference to the bird. Modern use of the name often equates it to the vocabulary word sterling (silver; of excellent quality).


C. 1300, "silver penny," perhaps from Middle English sterre (see star (n.)), according to OED "presumably" from the stars that appeared in the design of certain Norman coins, + diminutive suffix -ling. But starred coins were not especially common among Anglo-Saxon currency, and the stars on them tended to be small. The other theory [Kluge] is that it derives from Old French estedre "stater" (see stater). Sense broadened by 1560s to "money having the quality of the sterling," and c. 1600 to "English money in general." As an adjective from early 15c. From 1640s in general sense of "capable of standing a test" (as a sound coin would). A pound sterling was originally "a pound weight of sterlings," equal to about 240 of them.


Little star, stellar, silver, of excellent quality.

Famous People: 183 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Raheem Sterling 1994 Footballer
2 Sterling K. Brown 2000 American actor
3 Sterling Knight 1989 American actor and musician
4 Donald Sterling 1934 An American business magnate and former attorney
5 Sterling Holloway 1905 American actor
6 Sterling Hayden 1916 American actor
7 Mindy Sterling 1953 American actress
8 Sterling Sharpe 1965 American football wide receiver
9 Sterling Archer Sterling Archer
10 Sterling Jerins 2004 American actress
11 Jim Sterling 1984 Gaming commentator and critic on YouTube
12 Aljamain Sterling 1989 American mixed martial artist
13 Sterling Shepard 1994
14 Roger Sterling
15 Jan Sterling 1921 American actress
16 Tisha Sterling 1944 Actress
17 Sterling Marlin 1957 American racing driver
18 Maury Sterling 1971 American actor
19 Sterling Morrison 1942 American musician
20 Sterling Beaumon 1995 American actor
21 Sterling Price 1809 Confederate Army general
22 George Sterling 1869 American poet and playwright
23 Nici Sterling 1968 British-born American pornographic actress and adult model
24 Peter Sterling 1960 Australian rugby league player
25 Jeffrey Alexander Sterling American CIA officer
26 Sterling Moore 1990 American football player
27 Sterling Ruby 1972 American artist
28 Linder Sterling 1954 British artist
29 Dan Sterling American screenwriter
30 Sterling Allen Brown 1901 American writer
31 Alexandre Sterling 1966 French actor
32 Sterling Saint Jacques 1957 American singer, actor and model
33 Sterling North 1906 American children's writer
34 Sterling Fox 1983 Musician
35 Ross S. Sterling 1875 American politician
36 Ford Sterling 1883 American comedian
37 Neal Sterling 1992
38 Darcy Sterling 1969
39 Nick Sterling 1990 American musician
40 Sterling Hitchcock 1971 American professional baseball player
41 Sterling Jarvis Canadian actor and singer
42 Aaron Sterling 1980 American musician
43 Molly Sterling 1998 Irish singer
44 Manuel Márquez Sterling 1872 Cuban journalist, diplomat and politician
45 Sterling Seagrave 1937 American historian
46 Sterling B. Hendricks 1902 American agriculturist
47 Sterling Brown 1995
48 Debbie Sterling 1983 American busiensswoman
49 Rex Sterling
50 Sterling Simms 1982 American singer-songwriter
51 Lexi Sterling
52 Brett Sterling 1984 American ice hockey player
53 Sterling Gates 1981 American comic book writer
54 Scott Sterling 1972 Professional golfer
55 Sterling M. McMurrin 1914 American theologian
56 John William Sterling 1844 Lawyer and Yale benefactor
57 Wallace Sterling 1906 American historian
58 Sterling Van Wagenen American film director
59 Lester Sterling 1936 Jamaican musician
60 Sterling C. Robertson 1785 Texas politician
61 Sterling Lyon 1927 Canadian politician
62 Matt Sterling 1942 American pornographic film director
63 Christopher H. Sterling 1943 American media historian
64 Sterling E. Lanier 1927 American writer
65 Sterling W. Sill 1903 American Mormon leader
66 Frank Sterling
67 Claire Sterling 1919 American journalist
68 Michael Sterling 1946 British professor and university administrator
69 Ashleigh Sterling 1983 Actress
70 Randy Sterling 1951 American baseball player
71 Sterling Davis 1977 American basketball player-coach
72 Richard Sterling 1952 American writer
73 Sterling Foster Black 1924 American politician
74 Dana Sterling
75 Sterling Roswell British singer
76 Andrew B. Sterling 1874 American songwriter
77 Norm Sterling 1942 Canadian politician
78 Carlos Márquez Sterling 1898 Cuban lawyer, writer, politician and diplomat
79 Adam Sterling 1983 American humanitarian
80 Dorothy Sterling 1913 American writer
81 Sterling Nesbitt 1982 American paleontologist
82 Sterling Palmer 1971 American football player
83 Bunny Sterling 1948 Jamaican boxer
84 Keith Sterling 1952 Musician
85 Sterling Bailey 1992
86 Miriya Parina Sterling
87 Sterling Newberry 1915 American inventor
88 Guy Sterling 1948
89 Sterling Winfield 1970 Record producer
90 Max Sterling
91 Worrell Sterling 1965 English footballer
92 Sterling D. Plumpp 1940 American poet and writer
93 Sterling Lord 1920
94 Sterling Tucker 1923 American politician
95 Sterling Hinds 1961 Athletics and football competitor
96 Sterling Silversmith
97 Sterling Elliott 1852 American inventor
98 Sterling Hundley 1976 American artist
99 Merta Sterling 1883 American actress
100 Dee Sterling 1986 Canadian football player
101 Varcan Sterling 1988 Colombian association football player
102 Antoinette Sterling 1850 American singer
103 Leon Sterling Australian computer scientist
104 Sterling Belliveau Canadian politician
105 John Whelan Sterling 1816
106 Sterling Brinkley 1952 American businessman
107 Charles Sterling 1901 Polish art historian
108 Fred Sterling 1869 American politician
109 Sterling Hershey Role-playing game designer
110 Sterling Slaughter 1941 American baseball player
111 Newton Sterling 1984 Jamaican footballer
112 Sterling Clarren American medical researcher
113 Philip Sterling 1922 American actor
114 Paul Sterling 1964 English rugby league player
115 Florence M. Sterling 1871
116 Sterling Flunder 1986 American soccer player
117 Alicyn Sterling 1971 American pornographic actress and adult model
118 Sterling R. Cockrill 1925 Arkansas businessman, politician, urban planner, and artist
119 Sterling Lands II 1944 Senior pastor of Greater Calvary Bible Church
120 Sterling Betancourt 1930 Musician
121 Sterling Watson American writer
122 Micah Sterling 1784 American politician
123 Sterling Bose 1906 American musician
124 Bruce Foster Sterling 1870 American politician
125 Sterling Ridge 1936 American mayor
126 Sterling L. Morelock 1890 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
127 Arnold Sterling 1938 American jazz saxophonist
128 Donnie Sterling American musician
129 Sterling Stuckey American historian
130 Robert Sterling American songwriter
131 Eleonore Sterling 1925 German university teacher (1925-1968)
132 Bryan Sterling 1922 American writer
133 John Sterling 1964 American football player
134 Lance Sterling
135 John Allen Sterling 1857 American politician
136 Ansel Sterling 1782 American politician
137 Starla Sterling 1986 American pornographic actress
138 Rachel Sterling 1979 American actress and model
139 Sterling P. Strong 1862 American politician
140 Sterling Houston 1943 American actor, writer and musician
141 Ross N. Sterling 1931 United States federal judge
142 Sterling A. Galt 1866 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
143 Anthony Coningham Sterling 1805 British historian
144 Bruce Sterling
145 Edward Sterling 1773 British journalist
146 Sterling Campbell 1942 Canadian politician
147 Sterling Wescott 1972 American soccer player-coach
148 Marc Sterling 1895 French painter
149 Sterling Long-Colbo American businessman
150 Paul Ivy Sterling Attorney General of Hong Kong
151 Sterling Byrd Lacy 1882 American politician
152 Chandler Sterling
153 James E. Sterling 1838 United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
154 Sterling Bunnel 1882 American jeweller
155 Georgie Sterling Australian actress
156 Kenneth Sterling
157 Barry Sterling 1943 American politician
158 William T. Sterling 1808 American politician
159 Levi Sterling 1804 American politician
160 Barbara Sterling
161 George A. Sterling 1836 Canadian politician
162 Sterling Berry 1854 Irish bishop
163 Edward Boker Sterling 1851 American philatelist
164 André Sterling 1924 Belgian civil engineer
165 John T. Sterling 1841 Recipient of the Medal of Honor
166 Sterling Johnson, Jr. 1934 American judge
167 Ana María Yabar Sterling 1948 Spanish politician
168 Kazimierz Sterling 1875
169 Thomas Sterling 1921 American crime writer (1921-2006)
170 Jennifer Sterling
171 Sterling Von Scarborough 1965 American singer and musician
172 Sterling Small Montana politician
173 Sterling Noel 1903 American crime writer (1903-1984)
174 William Sterling
175 Sterling Grant 1987
176 Sterling Dow 1903 American art historian and archaeologist
177 Sterling Hambrook 1935
178 Frederick A. Sterling 1876
179 William E. Sterling 1927
180 Sterling
181 Sterling Downey
182 Sterling Conaway 1900
183 Winthrop Smith Sterling 1858