Sinclair

English

Alternative forms

• Sinclaire, Sinclare, Sinclar

(surname, given name):

• Saint Clair, Saint-Clair, St Clair, St. Clair, St-Clair
• Saint Claire, Saint-Claire, St Claire, St. Claire, St-Claire
• Saint Clare, Saint-Clare, St Clare, St. Clare, St-Clare
• Saint Clar, Saint-Clar, St Clar, St. Clar, St-Clar

Etymology

Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪŋˈklɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɪŋˈklɛəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Sinclair

1. A Scottish surname transferred from the given name, that of a clan.
   • 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again.
     Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves.

   • 2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     On a merchant ship, Father Sinclair had to do safety drills every 10 days. On a fishing vessel, it’s monthly, and there is no requirement to check the log to see if the drill has been done or done correctly.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. A community in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
   2. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa.
      2. An unincorporated village in Square Lake unorganised territory, Aroostook County, Maine.
      3. A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
      4. An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, named after Sinclair Oil Corporation.
      5. A town in Carbon County, Wyoming.

Derived terms

• Sinclairian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sinclair is the 1,290^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27,243 individuals. Sinclair is most common among White (73.01%) and Black (19.94%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Carlinis