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Starling (name)

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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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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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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.