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.

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 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