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Sinclair
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English
Alternative forms
en Sinclaire Sinclare Sinclar
surname given name
en Saint Clair Saint-Clair St Clair St. Clair St-Clair
en Saint Claire Saint-Claire St Claire St. Claire St-Claire
en Saint Clare Saint-Clare St Clare St. Clare St-Clare
en Saint Clar Saint-Clar St Clar St. Clar St-Clar
Etymology
Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.
Pronunciation
en /sɪŋˈklɛə/ RP
en /sɪŋˈklɛəɹ/ GA
en ɛə(ɹ) 2
Proper noun
en Scottish given names, that of a clan.
Sandee LaMotte The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/health/reverse-aging-life-itself-scn-wellness 2022-06-02 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260517163759/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/health/reverse-aging-life-itself-scn-wellness 17 May 2026
21 October 2025 ‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose Rose George https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/21/i-knew-in-my-head-we-were-dying-the-last-voyage-of-the-scandies-rose 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013064107/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/21/i-knew-in-my-head-we-were-dying-the-last-voyage-of-the-scandies-rose 13 October 2026
en male surnames.
A placename:
en comm rurmun/Pipestone p/Manitoba c/Canada.
en place c/USA:
en ucomm co/Grundy County s/Iowa.
en unincorporated village in Square Lake, Maine Square Lake unorganised territory, co/Aroostook County s/Maine. TopoZone: Sinclair, Maine
en twp co/Clearwater County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/Preston County s/West Virginia, named after Sinclair Oil Corporation.
en town co/Carbon County s/Wyoming.
Derived terms
en Sinclairian
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.
References
Anagrams
en aciilnrs Carlinis