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darling Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: from Middle English derling, Old English deorling ‘darling’, ‘beloved one’, a derivative of deor ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ (see Dear 1). This was quite a common Old English byname, which remained current as a personal name into the 14th century. The surname probably derives at least in part from this use, probably in part also from a Middle English nickname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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darling Family Facts

Distribution of darling Families in the US in 1920
Number of darling families
 287-572
 96-286		 1-95
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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