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

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

• 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 '