Sinclair

English

Alternative forms

  • Sinclaire, Sinclare, Sinclar

(surname, given name):

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪŋˈklɛə(ɹ)/
  • 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.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename.
    1. A community in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
    2. An unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
    3. A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States.
    4. An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, named after Sinclair Oil Corporation.
    5. A town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sinclair is the 1,290th 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.

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