Sterling (given name)

Sterling is a given name from the Old English staerling, referring to the bird, starling; two variants of the name are Starling and Stirling. ^[1]

Notable people with the name include:

• Sterling Archer, fictional character from Archer
• Sterling Foster Black (1924-1996), American lawyer
• Sterling K. Brown (born 1976), American actor
• W. Sterling Cary (1927–2021), American Christian minister
• Sterling R. Cockrill (born 1925), American politician
• Sterling R. Cockrill (judge) (1847–1901), chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Sterling Hayden (1916-1986), American actor and author
• Sterling Hitchcock (born 1971), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Sterling Hofrichter (born 1996), American football player
• Sterling Holloway (1905-1992), American actor
• Sterling Hyltin (born 1985), American ballet dancer
• Sterling Jerins (born 2004), American actress
• Sterling Knight (born 1989), American actor
• Sterling Lord (1922-2022), American literary agent, editor, and author
• Sterling Marlin (born 1957), American retired NASCAR Driver and Daytona 500 champion
• Sterling Moore (born 1990), American football player
• Sterling Morrison (1942-1995), American guitar player with The Velvet Underground
• Sterling Sharpe (born 1965), American National Football League wide receiver
• Sterling Shepard (born 1993), American National Football League wide receiver
• Sterling Simms (born 1982), American singer on Def Jam
• Sterling Slaughter (born 1941), American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1964
• Sterling Tucker (1923–2019), American politician
• Sterling Van Wagenen (born 1947), American film producer and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival
• Sterling Weatherford (born 1999), American football player

See also

• Stirling (given name)
• Starling (name)

References

1. Evans, Cleveland Kent (1991). Unusual & most popular baby names. Internet Archive. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International. p. 90. ISBN   978-0-451-17069-9.