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

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Given name

* Starling Marte (born 1988), professional athlete
* Starling Thomas V (born 2000), American football player

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

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* 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 Tom and Jerry: The Movie

## See also

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* Sterling (given name)
* Sterling (surname)

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Lower, Mark Antony (1849). 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. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). London: John Russell Smith. p. 178 - via Google Books.

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