Sterling vs Wise

Sterling

name
  • A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. 

  • An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling. 

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling. 

  • A city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. 

  • A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado, United States. 

Wise

name
  • A town, the county seat of Wise County, Virginia, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. 

  • A township in Isabella County, Michigan, United States. 

  • A surname. 

How often have the words Sterling and Wise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )