Sterling may refer to:

Common meanings

* Sterling silver, a grade of silver * Sterling (currency), the currency of the United Kingdom ** Pound sterling, the primary unit of that currency

Places

United Kingdom

* Stirling, a Scottish city whose alternative historical spelling is Sterling

United States

* Sterling, Alaska * Sterling, Colorado * Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area, Colorado * Sterling, Connecticut * Sterling, Georgia * Sterling, in Bingham County, Idaho#Unincorporated communities, Bingham County, Idaho * Sterling Wildlife Management Area, Idaho * Sterling, Illinois * Sterling, a ghost town in Jackson County, Iowa#Ghost Towns, Jackson County, Iowa * Sterling, Kansas * Sterling, Massachusetts * Sterling, Michigan * Sterling Heights, Michigan * Sterling State Park, Michigan * Sterling Center, Minnesota * Sterling, Missouri * Sterling, in Madison County, Montana#Unincorporated communities, Madison County, Montana * Sterling, Nebraska * Sterling, New York * Sterling, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina#Unincorporated communities, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina * Mount Sterling (Great Smoky Mountains), North Carolina * Sterling, North Dakota * Sterling, Ohio * Sterling, Oklahoma * Sterling, in Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania#Communities, Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania * Sterling City, Texas * Sterling County, Texas * Sterling, Utah * Sterling, Virginia * Sterling, Washington * Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin * Sterling, Vernon County, Wisconsin * Sterling Township (disambiguation)

Businesses

* Sterling Airlines, a former low-cost Danish airline * Sterling Armaments Company, based near London, England * Sterling Bank (Nigeria), a national commercial bank * Sterling Bicycle Co., a 19th-century American bicycle manufacturer * Sterling (cigarette), a British cigarette brand * Sterling Commerce, a former software company * Sterling Drug (a.k.a. Sterling Products, Inc.), a pharmaceutical company now owned by Bayer * Sterling Furniture, Scotland's largest furniture retail outlet * Sterling Jewelers, the largest retail jewelry company in the United States * Sterling (marque), a British automobile brand, sold in the U.S. from 1987 to 1991 * Sterling Optical * Sterling Plumbing, a brand of products from Kohler Co. * Sterling Publishing, a publisher of nonfiction books * Sterling Software, a (now defunct) company co-founded by Sterling Williams * Sterling Sports Cars, an American automobile kit company * Sterling Trucks, a former commercial truck brand in the United States * Hotel Sterling, a former hotel in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Schools

* Sterling College (Kansas), Sterling, Kansas * Sterling College (Vermont), Craftsbury Common, Vermont * Sterling High School (disambiguation)

Music

* Sterling Records (Sweden), a classical music record label * Sterling Records (US), noted for being the first to sign Hank Williams * Music Man Sterling, a bass guitar by Music Man

People

* Sterling (given name) * Sterling (surname) * Sterling Golden, early ring name of American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (born 1953)

Fictional characters

* Sterling Archer, eponymous protagonist of the animated TV series ''Archer'' * Bruce Sterling (Love of Life), Bruce Sterling (''Love of Life''), American television soap opera character (1959 to 1980) * Bruce Sterling, protagonist of the 2003 TV series ''Mister Sterling'' * Roger Sterling, on the TV series Mad Men#Roger Sterling, ''Mad Men''

Other uses

* Sterling (horse) (1868–1891), a British racehorse and sire * Sterling (program), a program for generating fractals * Sterling Plaza, a historic building in Beverly Hills, California * Sterling submachine gun, produced by the Sterling Armaments Company * a scuppernong (large muscadine grape, ''Vitis rotundifolia'') cultivar