Sterling

English

"of the highest quality"

Sterling Origin and Meaning

The name Sterling is a boy's name of English origin meaning "of the highest quality".

A name with some sterling qualities, most associated with the British currency and silver markets. Sterling has several recent TV associations, with characters Roger Sterling (on Mad Men) and Sterling Archer (on Archer), and actor Sterling K. Brown (on This is Us).

Sterling Rank in US Top 1000

# 403 in the US

Sterling Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 454 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sterling

• 403 US 2023
• 454 Nameberry 2025
• 71 Unisex 2023
• 259 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Sterling

• Sterling Price Holloway American character actor
• (Thomas) Sterling North American children's novelist
• (Julius) Sterling Morton American secretary of agriculture; founder of Arbor Day
• Sterling Price American politician; 11th Governor of Missouri
• Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter) American actor
• Sterling Kelby Brown American actor
• Sterling Sandmann Knight American actor
• Sterling Sharpe American NFL player
• Sterling Martin Beaumon American actor
• Sterling Clay Shepard American NFL player
• Sterling Marlin American NASCAR driver
• Hayden Sterling Christensen Canadian actor
• Sterling Tucker American civil and political rights activist and politician

The name Sterling in Pop Culture

• Sterling Malory Archer character from FX show "Archer."
• Sterling McCormack character from Australian TV series "All Saints".
• Roger Sterling of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce on the 1960s set show Mad Men.
• Pound sterling the currency of the UK.
• Sterling character in the stories of Kit Kittredge, American Girl Doll
• Sterling character on the CW show "The 100"
• Sterling character in DC Universe