Sister

English, "a female who has one or both parents in common with another"

"a female who has one or both parents in common with another"

Sister Origin and Meaning

The name Sister is a girl's name meaning "a female who has one or both parents in common with another".

Sister is an old-timey nickname-name for girls, ranking in the Top 1000 as a proper name for girls until the beginning of the 20th century. But more often, Sister was used as a nickname in the truest sense of the word, not a short form ala Kathy but a nickname in the way that Chip and Bud are. Or maybe Junior is a more appropriate name analogy: Sister was sometimes the nickname given to the only girl in a family of boys, so literally a descriptive word name like Junior.

In the most recent year counted, Sister was given as a full name to zero baby girls in the US and was probably used in a casual way by not that many more.

Sister Rank in US Top 1000

# 925 in the US

Famous People Named Sister

• Sister Souljah (born Lisa Williamson) American author and activist
• Sister Bliss stage name of Ayalah Deborah Bentovim, English keyboardist of Faithless
• Sister Nancy stage name of Ophlin Russell, Jamaican dancehall singer
• Kid Sister stage name of Melisa Young, American rapper
• Sister Roma stage name of Michael Williams, American drag queen

Sister in Pop Culture

• Sister Bear bear character in children's book series "The Berenstain Bears"
• Sister Grimm aka Nico Minoru character in Marvel Comics
• Twisted Sister American rock band
• Sister Hazel American rock band
• Sister Toni character on TV's "The L Word"
• Sister Sledge American music group
• "Sister Christian " song by Night Ranger
• "Sister " 2012 Swiss film
• "Sister Carrie " novel by Theodore Dreiser
• Kid Sister a brand of life,size doll
• Sister term for a nun in several religious traditions