Singer

From singer.

• (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines
• (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.

• Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)

Singer

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
   • 2025 December 16, Alexandra Banner, “5 things to know for Dec. 16: Rob Reiner death investigation, Bondi Beach attack, Brown University shooter, Boat strikes, BBC”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said.

2. A railway station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, named after the Singer sewing machine factory that formerly existed there (OS grid ref NS4970).

Singer (plural Singers)

1. (sewing) A sewing machine of the Singer brand.
   • 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 288:

     They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.

2. (UK, automotive) A motorcar from a former make of British motor car.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Singer is the 1,366th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25,828 individuals. Singer is most common among White (90.38%) individuals.

• Greins, Negris, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, signer

Middle High German singer, aequivalent to singen +‎ -er

Singer m (strong, genitive Singers, plural Singer)

1. (dated) singer

• Singerin f

• Sänger

From German Singer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕiŋ.ɡɛr/
• Rhymes: -iŋɡɛr
• Syllabification: Sin‧ger

Singer m pers

1. a male surname

Singer f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• Appendix:Polish surnames

From sânger.

Singer m (genitive/dative lui Singer)

1. a surname

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[2], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică