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).

# 403 in the US

Sterling Rank in US Top 1000

# 489 on Nameberry

Sterling Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Sterling Popularity

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

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