Given name
Sihtric
“a king”
Sihtric is used as a given name. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a king.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a king.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sihtric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,611 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,611 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sihtric’s family of names
Sihtric has a related form in Sihtrick. Sihtric has a related form in Sihtrik. Sihtric has a related form in Sihtryc.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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