Comments for the name Sterling

Actor Hayden Christensen's (Anakin Skywalker of Star Wars) full name is Sterling Hayden Christensen.

Hayden Christensen's full name is just Hayden Christensen, he doesn't have a middle name.

Sterling is one of the characters from Leslie Marmon Silko's "Almanac of the Dead."

I know a girl named Sterling.

My name is Sterling and I'm a guy. For all out there Sterling is a guy's name.

It's a very cool and interesting name!

I love the meaning, but the name makes me think of silver and jewelers and jewelry cleaners.

Sterlin North is the author of the children's book "Rascal", a book about a boy who finds and keeps a racoon as a pet.

In the book "The Queen of Second Place", the main character's archenemy's name was "Sterling".

British currency is Pound Sterling. It's like calling your son Dollar or Yen or Euro.

Really nice name, even though it's mostly for a boy I think naming your daughter this wouldn't be bad.

Nice boy name. I don't know how someone could think a girl would ever want to be named Sterling. I can just imagine the torture they would get.

Just a terrible name, boy or girl it's just bad.

I know both a guy and a girl with this name and it fits them both very nicely. It really does depend on the bearer since it can go either way.

It sounds weird to me as a name. It makes me think of sterling silver, and the name has a rather ugly sound to it with the long schwa on the first syllable. And the -ing ending never really sounds good in names.

I know a girl named Sterling, but I still LOVE it for a boy.

ACTUALLY, my name is Sterling, and I am a GIRL. Okay! I am not embarrassed, it is a cool name to have and everyone loves it OKAY. So don't hate on my name, it is beautiful and I am proud.

Famous bearer Sterling Holloway, frequent voice actor for Disney. Provided the voice of the Chesire Cat in "Alice in Wonderland."

Sterling Holloway is also famous as the voice of Winnie the Pooh.

Very handsome and masculine name. I love it (boy only)!

Way better for a boy than a girl.

Sterling Knight, the Disney channel star from Sonny With a Chance. I really like the name and it sounds even nicer with his last name.

It's too bad that it's associated with Sterling silver and English money. I love the sound of Sterling, though it might be a bit heavy for a boy to bear. This name sounds scholarly, serious, and masculine. I'd hate to see Sterling on a female.

I must be crazy, because this name isn't masculine to me at all. Perhaps it's because I think of sterling silver and jewelry and the like, but to me, Sterling is feminine. I'm not sure how well a girl with the first name Sterling would fare in today's world, but I'd totally use it for a female character. I also think it makes a great feminine middle name.

My paternal great grandfather's name was Sterling. (It was his moms maiden name.) I think it's really cool!

My name is also Sterling and I'm a guy... I love my name.

I don't understand why some people here are saying they can't imagine the torture a girl would get for having the name Sterling. It sounds fine. It's pretty neutral in my opinion, although slightly more on the masculine side, and is a traditionally masculine name.

Sterling Archer is the main character on Archer.

Stirling is also believed to be the township of Merlin lending credence to its possible meaning of the land of Merlin.

Sterling is an awesome name! It's uncommon but not heard of, and I can see it on all ages fairly easily. There's no nicknames for it though, but that doesn't really matter anyway. Not everyone likes or wants to use nicknames. Overall, I think sterling is an interesting and refreshing choice for a name :)

This was actually the nickname given to me by a good friend in middle school. The fact that it's also the name of British money doesn't bother me. I know about Sterling Silver, haha, and don't see anything wrong with that. We have people with similar names or named after places/jewels/colors so what's the difference?