Definition of "Darling"

Darling

/ˈdɑːlɪŋ/

proper noun
1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from darling.
  Quotations
  Richard and David Darling, founders of Codemasters, a multimillion-pound computer game company, dropped out of school aged 15 and 16 to write computer games […]
  2005, Michael Dowling, Jürgen Schmude, Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research
2. A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling.
3. The Australian aboriginal language Baagandji, spoken along this river in New South Wales.
4. A small town in Western Cape province, South Africa.
5. A census-designated place in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.