Sting - Meaning of Sting

What does Sting mean?

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Sting

[ 1 syll. (s)tin(g), st-i-ng ] The baby boy name Sting is pronounced STIHNG †. Sting's language of origin is English. The meaning of Sting is 'to pierce with a sharp object'.

A form of Sting is the name Styng.

See also the related categories, english and sharp (wise).

Sting is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Sting include Styng, Styg, Stamos (Greek), Stana (Czech), Stancy, Stanek, Stanik, Stanko (Polish and Slavic), Stannweg, Stanweg, Stanwic, Stanwick, Stanwicke, Stanwik, Stanwyc, Stanwyck, Stanwyk, Stennis, Stenya (Russian), and Stinnis.

† English pronunciation for Sting: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "sing (S.IH.NG)"

A famous person named Sting is Singer, Sting, born Gordon Matthew Sumner 2 October 1951, Wallsend, Northumberland, England.