Stern - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Stern \s-te-rn\ is a variant of Sterne (Middle English, German), and the meaning of Stern is "stern; star".

The baby name Stern sounds like Stearn, Sothern, Stearns and Stearne. Other similar baby names are Stein, Sten and Steen.

Stern is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#1643 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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