Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sing comes from English, and ultimately from Chinese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sing through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 41 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1905
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1905. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 886 as a first name in 2020; 2,805 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sing’s family of names
In English usage, Sing as a surname has an alternative spelling in Singh. In English usage, Sing as a surname has a related form in Singh. In Greek usage, Sing as a surname is a transliteration of Σίγγ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sing has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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