[Facts] Re: "Stirling" (Scotish? Celtic? Pictish?) read on....
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Starling, Sterling:
A nickname from the bird, … used also occasionally as a personal name
P.H.Reany, A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford 1997
A nickname from the bird, … used also occasionally as a personal name
P.H.Reany, A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford 1997