# Stringer (name)

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**Stringer** (pronounced to rhyme with "ringer") is an [English](/source/English_people) occupational surname and occasionally used as a [given name](/source/Given_name). It originally denoted a maker of rope or strings, and especially those for the famous English longbows used for both hunting and war. It is based on an agent derivative of the [Old English](/source/Old_English) *streng*, meaning "string," which is in turn based on the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) *[strengr](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/streng)*. In [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), where it is still particularly common, George Redmonds argues that the surname may have been connected with [ironworking](/source/Blacksmith), a stringer having operated some form of specialist hearth.[1]

Early examples of the surname recorded in authentic registers and charters of the medieval period include:

- *Roger le Strenger* in 1293, Yorkshire;
- *Lady Godwyna Strenger* in 1328, [Somerset](/source/Somerset);
- *Richard Stringer*, in 1679, a footsoldier of [Barbados](/source/Barbados).[2]

The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Walter Stringere, which was dated 1194, in the [Curia Regis Rolls](/source/Curia_Regis_Rolls) for [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire).[2]

## List of people

### Surname

- Ahren Stringer, bassist and vocalist in the Australian band [The Amity Affliction](/source/The_Amity_Affliction)
- [Alex J. Stringer](/source/Alex_J._Stringer), Canadian politician
- [Arlene Stringer-Cuevas](/source/Arlene_Stringer-Cuevas) (1933–2020), American politician
- [C. Vivian Stringer](/source/C._Vivian_Stringer), Rutgers University women's basketball head coach
- [Jake Stringer](/source/Jake_Stringer), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
- [Chris Stringer](/source/Chris_Stringer), British anthropologist
- [Dave Stringer](/source/Dave_Stringer), English former player and manager of the Norwich City football club
- Gary Stringer, member of [Reef (band)](/source/Reef_(band))
- [George Stringer](/source/George_Stringer), English recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
- [Jesse Stringer](/source/Jesse_Stringer), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
- [Jimmy Stringer](/source/Jimmy_Stringer), English footballer
- [Graham Stringer](/source/Graham_Stringer), British Member of Parliament
- [Howard Stringer](/source/Howard_Stringer), chief executive officer of Sony Corporation
- [John Bentley Stringer](/source/John_Bentley_Stringer), British computer pioneer
- [Korey Stringer](/source/Korey_Stringer), National Football League player who died of heat stroke during training camp
- [Lee Stringer](/source/Lee_Stringer), American writer and editor
- [Lew Stringer](/source/Lew_Stringer), English comic artist and scriptwriter
- [Michael Stringer](/source/Michael_Stringer) John Michael Stringer (1924–2004), film production designer
- [Nick Stringer](/source/Nick_Stringer), English actor
- [Peter Stringer](/source/Peter_Stringer), Irish rugby union footballer
- [Reed Stringer](/source/Reed_Stringer) (born 1979), American football coach
- [Scott Stringer](/source/Scott_Stringer) (born 1960), American politician, 2021 mayoral candidate for New York City
- [Scott Stringer (American football)](/source/Scott_Stringer_(American_football)) (born 1951), American football player
- [Vickie Stringer](/source/Vickie_Stringer), American novelist
- [Walter Stringer](/source/Walter_Stringer) Sir Thomas Walter Stringer (1855–1944), New Zealand judge
- [Warren Stringer](/source/Warren_Stringer), Canadian politician

### Given name

- [Stringer Davis](/source/Stringer_Davis) (1896–1973), English actor
- [Stringer Lawrence](/source/Stringer_Lawrence) (1697–1775), English soldier of the East India Company

## Fictional characters

- Marty Stringer, played by [John Michael Higgins](/source/John_Michael_Higgins) in [Evan Almighty](/source/Evan_Almighty)
- [Mr. Stringer](/source/Mr._Stringer), the part that Davis played alongside his wife Margaret Rutherford in four *Miss Marple* films
- [Stringer Bell](/source/Stringer_Bell), a fictional character on *The Wire*, whose name is a composite of two real Baltimore criminals', Stringer Reed and Roland Bell
- Mr. R. J. Stringer III, played by [Rowan Atkinson](/source/Rowan_Atkinson) in [The Witches (1990 film)](/source/The_Witches_(1990_film)) and by [Stanley Tucci](/source/Stanley_Tucci) in [The Witches (2020 film)](/source/The_Witches_(2020_film))

## See also

- [Stringer (disambiguation)](/source/Stringer_(disambiguation))
- [Strenger](/source/Strenger)

## References

1. ["Stringer Family History"](http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=stringer). Ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

1. ["Last name: Stringer"](http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Stringer). The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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