Sire

Word name

"royalty; father"

Sire Origin and Meaning

The name Sire is a boy's name meaning "royalty; father".

Historically, Sire was a formal term for addressing male royalty, particularly a king. Sire can also mean "father" as both a noun and a verb.

Rarely given as a name until the mid-2010s, Sire is now given to over 100 baby boys each year. Sire fits alongside Duke and King in the growing trend of royal titles as baby names. Usher and Jenn Goicoechea named their son, born in October 2021, Sire Castrello.

Sire Popularity

• 449 Unique 2023
• 988 Future 2028

Sire in Pop Culture

• Sire a character in Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street'