This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stirling,' the capital of the shire of that name in Scotland.

1770. Married — John Stirling and Ann Bunyard: St. George, Hanover Square.

From the town. Gilbertus de Striuelin witnessed King David's gift of Perdeyc (Partick) to the church of Glasgow, 1136 (REG., 3), and Walter de Striveling witnessed charters granted by King David and Prince Henry ( Lawrie, p. 138). Peter de Striuelin witnessed gift of the church of Karreden (Carriden) to the Abbey of Holyrood before 1158 (LSC., p. 10). Thomas de Stervlen who witnessed a charter by Alexander II of a yar (fish trap) super Leven in 1224 (RMP., p. 214) is probably Thomas de Striuelyn, archdeacon or Glasgow, 1228 (Soltre, p. 24).

Peter, son of Walter de Strevelyn, held a ploughgate in Hedinham (now Ednam), c. 1247 (Dryburgh, 158), and c. 1250 Sir Gilbert de Striuelyng, a cleric, witnessed a convention between Peter, bishop of Aberdeen, and Alan Hostiarius (REA., I, p. 17). Robert de Streuillyn was deacon of Dunkeld, 1263 (LIM., 77), and Michael de Strivelyn was a witness in St. Andrews, 1285 (Neubotle, 59). Sir John Stirling of Moray swore fealty,. 1291. His seal bears a shield charged with 6 mullets of 6 poins, 3, 2, and I, and S' Joh'is: de: Strivelyn: de: Mo... (Bain, II, 495). Andreu de Strivelyn, burgess of Inverkeithing, and Mestre Henry de Strivelyn of Stirlingshire rendered homage, 1296 (ibid., p. 188,206). Roger de Strevelyn was burgess of Elgin, 1343 (REM., p. 290), Alexander de Strivelin witnessed a charter by Robert the Steward to Thomas Simple of the lands of Cragrossy in Stratherne, c. 1360 (REG., p. 275), and Johannes de Striuelyn de Kyldeny atlestec the marches of Kyrknes and Louchor, 1395 (RPSA., p. 5). Walter Strivylyng was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1459 (NSCM., I, p. 16). A family of this name was settled at a very early period in the neighborhood of Dunmaglass, Nairnshire (REM., p. 99-1234). In the family papers of the Stirlings of Keir between 1160 and 1677 their surname is spelled in no less than sixty-four different ways (Stirlings of Keir, p. 54P).

(Celtic) belonging to Stirling, 16th cent. Striveling, 15th cent. Striviling, 13th cent. Estrevelyn, Estrivelin, 12th cent. Strivilen, not improb. repr. a Cymric *Ystrefelyn, Yellow House [Cym. ystre(f, a dwelling +felyn, mutated form of melyn, yellow] In Strivelingschire is the toun of Striveling.—Boece, Scot. Hist., tr. Bellenden.

(English) conf. with Sterling, q.v.

(Scottish) One who came from Stirling (dwelling of Velyn), in Stirlingshire.

From the town of Stirling, which gives name to the Scottish shire, anciently written Stryvelin. The family are of great antiquity, being deduced from Walter de Stryvelin, who appears as witness to a charter of Prince Henry, son of King David I., in the XII. century. Courthope's Debrett. Four baronetcies have been accorded to this family.

Local: from the town of Stirling in Stirlingshire. Sir John Stirling of Glorat, was armor bearer to James I.

Local. From the city of Stirling, the Gaelic name of which is Strila, by some supposed to signify "the place of strife,"from Stri—thralla.

A Mr. Stirling, who was minister of the barony church of Glasgow, during the war maintained against the insatiable ambition of Louis XIV., in that part of his prayer which related to public affairs, used to beseech the Lord that he would take the haughty tyrant of France, and shake him over the mouth of hell, "but good Lord," added the worthy man, "dinna let him fa' in." This curious prayer having been mentioned to Louis, he laughed heartily at this new and ingenious method of punishing ambition, and frequently afterward gave as a toast, "The good Scotch parson."

See Sterling; also a Scottish local name.

A location name in Scotland.