Starling

See also: starling

English

Proper noun

Starling

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname from a nickname for a gregarious person.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:

     When we had all laughed and applauded till we were faint, Starling, not to be outdone, favoured us with a more modern saltatory entertainment in the Lancashire clog manner — to the best of my belief, the longest dance ever performed […]

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

See also

• Sterling
• Stirling

Anagrams

• ratlings