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
 * 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

 * 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