Sincere
Meaning
from the word sincere, genuine and honest
The story
Sincere is the English word on a birth certificate, genuine and heartfelt, and the record dates its arrival as a name to a single generation: 189 boys in the 1990s, 2,899 in the 2000s, 4,142 across the 2010s, 2,860 so far this decade, with a girls' column alongside at 595 in the 2000s. The word itself has a story worth telling at the dinner table: it comes through Middle French from the Latin sincerus, "genuine," and the beloved tale that it means "without wax," from sculptors patching flawed marble, is officially folk etymology, flagged as such by the dictionaries. Which seems fitting: a name meaning genuine, trailed by a famous story that is not. Virtue names run in every era's blood, from Faith to Justice; Sincere is the modern branch, direct as a handshake, and the record shows it arrived all at once.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sincere peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
When you meet Sincere
Most people given the name Sincere in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Sincere deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Sincere truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Sincere fits with your family’s names and surname.
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