Baby name
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🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Sinclair
/sin · KLAIR/
Meaning
“From Saint Clair, clear and famous”
From the Scottish surname Sinclair, which comes from Clan Sinclair and traces back to the Norman French place name Saint Clair, literally "Saint Clair". Clair is the French form of the Latin name Clarus, which meant "clear, bright, famous". A notable bearer was the American author Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951).
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How it ages.
A surname-style name with old Scottish roots. Sturdy and enduring, familiar without feeling overused.
The cultural moment.
Last ranked #968 in the United States, in 1900. Used today mostly as an occasional alternative to the Sinclair surname rather than a common first name.