The “sin” part doesn’t bug me as much as it does with St. John — again, I think it’s about where the stress falls. We say sin-CLAIR, not SIN-clair, so the “sin” part isn’t quite as strongly highlighted.

And JNE, I didn’t think about the Madison connection until I started writing this, when it leapt out. I recently discovered that Emerson is, indeed, climbing the charts rapidly and so I’ve been wondering what other surname names might gain in the next few years.

For me, the biggest barrier to Sinclair is the word “sin.” But Lola, I’d say I’m not wild about that fact for either gender.

I do like Sinclair, he’s pretty snazzy to me. I like that he’s NOT an n ender, yet again. I also like his feel, sharp, crisp and strong. Very nice, indeed. He’s a bit too surnamey for first name use for me but, like Sterling, he may show up the middle! I firmly like Sinclair. He feels current but is quite old and Yeah, he’d be right at home today. That makes a winner, for me and yes, I’m still a sucker for girly sounding boys names… Sinclair fits that as well!