Given name & surname
Stern
“a serious-minded man; one who is strict”
Stern is a variant of Sterne. One English interpretation is “a serious-minded man; one who is strict.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stern is a variant of Sterne. One English interpretation is “a serious-minded man; one who is strict.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Stern is a variant of Sterne. An origin associated with Sterne is English.
Explained through its name family
Stern’s family of names
In German usage, Stern shares an earlier linguistic root with Aster. Stern has a related form in Sterne. In German usage, Stern as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Star.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stern has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stern
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