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". Another source puts the surname into a list of "surnames derived from birds".
Notable people with the name
;Given name;Surname
- Alan Starling, English footballer
- Avril Starling, English cricketer
- Boris Starling, English writer
- Bubba Starling, American baseball player
- Ernest Starling, English physiologist
- Geoff Starling, Australian rugby league player
- Hannah Starling, British diver
- John Henry Starling, Australian public servant
- Josh Starling, Australian Rugby League player
- Kristy Starling, a Contemporary Christian Music singer
- Paul Starling, Australian karateka
- Ronnie Starling, English footballer
- Simon Starling, 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 ''Tom and Jerry: The Movie''