Given name & surname · also Norwegian
Sire
Sire is a feminine given name from Norwegian, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Northern Sami.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sire comes from Norwegian, and ultimately from Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,715
- 1,715 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 159 babies
- 2025
- 121
- #1,475 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 121 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,475 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 808 as a first name in 2020; 225 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.
Sire’s family of names
Sire has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sigrid. Sire was borrowed from the Norwegian form Siri.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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