Starling (name) explained
Starling is a given name and a surname. According to one source, the surname arose in Old English as a nickname related to the bird, starling, but the author speculates "it is hard to see why".[1] Another source puts the surname into a list of "surnames derived from birds".[2]
Notable people with the name
- Given name
- Surname
- Alan Starling (born 1951), English footballer
- Avril Starling (born 1953), English cricketer
- Boris Starling (born 1969), English writer
- Bubba Starling (born 1992), American baseball player
- Ernest Starling (1866-1927), English physiologist
- Geoff Starling (born 1952), Australian rugby league player
- Hannah Starling (born 1995), British diver
- John Henry Starling (1883–1966), Australian public servant
- Josh Starling (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
- Kristy Starling (contemporary), a Contemporary Christian Music singer
- Paul Starling (born 1948), Australian karateka
- Ronnie Starling (1909–1991), English footballer
- Simon Starling (born 1967), English artist
Fictional characters
- Clarice Starling, a main character in the novels and films The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal
- Juliet, Cordelia, and Rosalind Starling, from Suda 51's hack-and-slash zombie game Lollipop Chainsaw
- Robyn Starling, one of the main characters from the 1993 animated film
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Cottle, Basil. The Penguin dictionary of surnames. Penguin Books. 1978. 978-0-14-051032-4. Reprint. New York. 268. Basil Cottle. 1967. registration. Internet Archive.
- Book: Lower, Mark Antony. English Surnames. Essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological, and humorous. With chapters of rebuses and canting arms, the Roll of Battel Abbey, a List of latinized surnames, etc. John Russell Smith. 1849. 3rd. 1. London. 178. en. Mark Antony Lower. Google Books.
