Sire: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “lord, master”
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- SYRE · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Boys
From the French and English title sire, used historically for a lord or as a respectful form of address. As a given name it is modern and uncommon, drawn from the title word.
How popular is Sire?
Babies named Sire in 2024100
2024 rank#1,678 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18801,594
Sire is rising: use over the last five years is 3.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Sire
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Sire questions
What does the name Sire mean?
Sire means "lord, master". It comes from French. From the French and English title sire, used historically for a lord or as a respectful form of address. As a given name it is modern and uncommon, drawn from the title word.
Is Sire a boy or girl name?
Sire is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Sire?
100 US babies were named Sire in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Sire?
Sire is usually pronounced SYRE.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.