"Traditional English name"
The name Darling is commonly a female name from the "English" origin.
Darling is an English vocabulary name, taken from the affectionate noun rather than from a personal name in another tradition. The word is recorded in Old English as deorling, formed from deore, meaning dear, with the noun suffix -ling. It belongs with the English pattern of word names such as Grace, Hope and Joy, which are ordinary nouns used as given names.
The pronunciation of Darling is DAR-ling.
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