Submitted Name (1)Revisions Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage English (Puritan), Literature Pronounced Pron. sin-SEER(English (Puritan)) sin-SEE-ər(English (Puritan)) [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 9/14/2006 by michelle Edited 8/14/2017 by LMS Meaning & History Simply means "sincere, open and genuine" from the English word, ultimately derived from Latin sincerus 'sound, pure, whole'.