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Subject: Re: "Stirling" (Scotish? Celtic? Pictish?) read on....
Author: Andy ;—)   (guest, 84.128.192.119)
Date: March 10, 2005 at 5:52:17 AM
Reply to: "Stirling" (Scotish? Celtic? Pictish?) read on.... by "Bagpus"
Starling, Sterling:
A nickname from the bird, … used also occasionally as a personal name

P.H.Reany, A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford 1997

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