starling/ˈstɑːlɪŋ/EtymologyFrom Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinck (“starling”).starling means an English surname transferred from the nickname from a nickname for a gregarious person. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.starling is pronounced /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/.nameAn English surname transferred from the nickname from a nickname for a gregarious person.“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 […]”A male given name transferred from the surname.nounA family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.; The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.“Vast flights of starlings, fleeing the racket, beat across the sky at high speed, like Squall-clouds,— Evening at Noon-tide.”A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of waves, commonly used to protect the piers of a bridge.One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.