Sterlin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sterlin by the numbers

Sterlin was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Sterlin

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sterlin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sterlingof high quality or genuine831 in the US (2017)
  • Starlin7 in the US (2017)
  • Stirlingfrom Stirling, a place name in Scotland10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sherwinbright friend; form of Sherwin14 in the US (2017)
  • Starlingyoung star; bird name14 in the US (2017)
  • Stellan79 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sterlin

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