Stickler

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/stɪklə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Stickler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 102K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 154K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 26K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Stickler itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈15,000 named Stickle, est.

Sources
255 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Stickle in CN China.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Stickler is read(measured from records)

Stickler is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English82%

    A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • German5.0%

    toponymischer Familienname, Nest im Raum Aschaffenburg; vgl. Stickel. < SiedlungsN X / < ON X

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Stickler counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Stickler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈15,000 est.≈1 in 91K—Stickle2
US United States—3,2641 in 102K3.3KStickler255
DE Germany—≈450 est.≈1 in 180K—Stickler57
GB United Kingdom—≈430 est.≈1 in 154K375Stickler83
AT Austria—≈350 est.≈1 in 26K—Stickler40
LB Lebanon—≈100 est.≈1 in 54K—Stickler1
SG Singapore—≈74 est.≈1 in 84K—Stickler3
NO Norway—681 in 80K68Stickler5
BB Barbados#315———Stickler2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1900195020002050Alfons Maria Stickler, b. 1910Gunnar B. Stickler, b. 1925Gertrud Stickler, b. 1929Friedrich Stickler, b. 1949Angus Stickler, b. 1964Matthias Stickler, b. 1967Timo Stickler, b. 1971Jourdan Stickler, b. 1993Poppy Stickler, b. 2006

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Stickler,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Stickler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.3K#9,902
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.7K#10,711
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.6K#11,712
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002375#14,066
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—68#21,220
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Stickler mean, and where does it come from?
A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Stickler?
A machine transcription gives /stɪklə/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Stickler?
In the etymology graph, Stickle is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Stickler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Stickle in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Stickler?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,264 people named Stickler in 2010, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.
How common is Stickler compared with other names?
In Barbados, Stickler is the 315th most common surname of 11,500 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Stickler” — the 315th most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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