Sterling - Meaning of Sterling

What does Sterling mean?

[ 2 syll. (s)ter-lin(g), st-erli-ng ] The baby girl name Sterling is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced as ST-ERLih-NG †. Sterling has its origins in the English language. The name Sterling means 'valuable'. See Sterling for more information.

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Sterling is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Sterling has mainly been a boy name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Sterling include Starleena (English), Starling (English), and Starlena (English).

† English pronunciation for Sterling: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "sing (S.IH.NG)"



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