Starling

Where Starling comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Starling.

Starling through the years
  1. 1770
    Starling Tucker born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1908
    Peak, #744
    13 babies named Starling, its best rank.
  4. 1910
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,421.
  5. 1988
    Starling Marte born
    baseball player
  6. 2024
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Starling Marte · baseball player, born 1988
  • Starling Tucker · American politician, 1770–1834

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.