Starling (name)
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
- Starling Marte, professional athlete
- Surname
- Alan Starling (born 1951), English footballer
- Avril Starling (born 1953), English cricketer
- 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
- Starling Marte
- Kristy Starling, 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
See also
References
- Cottle, Basil (1978) [1967]. The Penguin dictionary of surnames (Reprint ed.). New York: Penguin Books. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-14-051032-4 – via Internet Archive.
- Lower, Mark Antony (1849). English Surnames. Essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological, and humourous. With chapters of rebuses and canting arms, the Roll of Battel Abbey, a List of latinized surnames, etc. Volume 1 (3rd ed.). London: John Russell Smith. p. 178 – via Google Books.
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