Darling is a

term of endearment A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. Terms of endearment are used for a variety of reasons, such as parents addressing their ch ...

of Old English origin. Darling or Darlin' or Darlings may also refer to:

People

Darling (surname) Darling is a surname that may refer to: Politicians * Alberta Darling, American politician * Alex Darling, Australian politician * Alistair Darling (1953–2023), British politician and government minister * Charles Henry Darling (1809–1870), B ...

Darling Jimenez Darling Jiménez (Yonkers, born March 4, 1980) is an American professional boxer of Dominican descent.

(born 1980), American boxer *

Darling Légitimus Mathilda Marie Berthilde Paruta (21 November 1907 – 7 December 1999), better known by her stage name Darling Légitimus, was a French actress. In 1983, she received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Sugar Cane Al ...

, stage name of Mathilda Paruta (1907–1999), French actress *

Ender Darling In 2015 and 2016, a controversy occurred on Facebook and Tumblr concerning Ender Darling (born ), a neopagan witches, neopagan witch who took human bones from a cemetery in New Orleans for use in rituals. Darling posted to the Facebook group Que ...

(born 1990 or 1991), American neopagan witch *

Prabhas Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (; born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema, he is known as Rebel Star in ...

(born 1979), Indian film actor, sometimes nicknamed Darling

Places

Australia

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally ...

, a region in Queensland *

Darling Harbour Darling Harbour is a harbour and neighborhood adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, that is made up of a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central busines ...

, Sydney *

Darling Heights Darling Heights is a rural residential locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Darling Heights had a population of 5,157 people. History Darling Heights was named by Queensland Place Names Board on 1 January 1966 with ...

, Queensland *

Darling Point Darling Point is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia. It is 4 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of Woollahra Council. Darling Point is bounded by Sydney Harbour to ...

, Sydney *

Darling River The Darling River (or River Darling; Paakantyi: ''Baaka'' or ''Barka''), is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth. Including its long ...

Darling Scarp The Darling Scarp (), also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to ...

, an escarpment in Western Australia *

Darling Street Darling Street is a 3.1 kilometre street in Sydney, Australia running from Victoria Road, Sydney, Victoria Road to Balmain East ferry wharf. It is the main thoroughfare and high street of the suburbs of Rozelle and Balmain, New South Wales, Bal ...

, Balmain, Sydney *

Darling railway station Darling railway station is a commuter railway station in Malvern East, Victoria, Malvern East, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The station opened on 24 March 1890 as part of the branch line from Burnley railway station, Burnley to Waverley Roa ...

, Melbourne

Canada

* Darling, Alberta

Nepal

* Darling, Baglung, a Village Development Committee (administrative region) * Darling, Lumbini, a village and municipality

United States

Darling, Arizona (disambiguation) Darling, Arizona may refer to: * Winona, Arizona, whose railroad station has been renamed Darling * Darling Cinder Pit, a mine near Winona, Arizona {{place name disambiguation ...

Darling, Mississippi Darling is a census-designated place in Quitman County, Mississippi, Quitman County, Mississippi. Darling is located on Mississippi Highway 3, north of Marks, Mississippi, Marks. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 154. The settlement was na ...

, a census-designated place * Darling, Pennsylvania, a ghost town * Darling Run, a stream in Ohio

Elsewhere

Darling, Chin State Darling or Dawlei is a Mara people, Mara village in Matupi Township, Matupi township of Chin State in western part of Myanmar, earlier known as Burma. Locally, the Mara natives called it Dawlei, and its transliteration in Hakha dialect is Darling. ...

, Burma/Myanmar *

Darling, South Africa Darling is a small town in a farming area on the west coast region of the Western Cape, about 75 km (46.6 mi) from Cape Town. At the beginning of the 18th century, about 29 farmers lived in an area called Groenkloof and on one of these ...

Darling Peninsula The Darling Peninsula is located on the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It stretches eastward into Nares Strait Nares Strait (; ) is a waterway between Ellesmere Island an ...

, Nunavut, Canada *

Darling Township (disambiguation) Darling Township may refer to: * Darling Township, Ontario, Canada * Darling Township, Morrison County, Minnesota, U.S. *Darling Township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma Muskogee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the ...

Films

* ''Darling'' (1961 film), a Spanish-West German comedy film * ''Darling'' (1965 film), a British film directed by John Schlesinger * ''Darling'' (2007 Indian film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Fardeen Khan * ''Darling'' (2007 Swedish film), directed by Johan Kling * ''Darling'' (2007 French film), starring

Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian people, Russian, Egyptian Jews, Jewish Egyptian, German people, German a ...

, directed by Christine Carrière * ''Darling'' (2010 film), an Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film by A. Karunakaran * ''Darling'' (2012 film), an Indian Bengali-language film * ''Darling'' (2014 film), an Indian Kannada-language film by Santhosh * Darling (2015 Indian film), an Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film by Sam Anton ** ''

Darling 2 ''Darling 2'' is a 2016 Tamil language comedy horror film directed by debutant Sathish Chandrasekaran and produced by Rite Media Works. The film stars Kalaiyarasan along with debutant Rameez Raja. The film was earlier titled ''Jinn''. K. E. Gna ...

'', its 2016 sequel film * ''Darling'' (2015 American film), an American horror film * ''Darlin'' (2019 film), an American film * ''Darling'' (2021 film), an Indian Marathi-language film by Ritika Shrotri * ''Darling'' (2024 film), an Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film by

Aswin Raam Aswin Raam is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the film ''Anbarivu'' in 2022. His latest Telugu film, ''Darling'', released on 19 July 2024. Career Aswin began his career as an assistant on Atlee's ...

* ''Darlings'' (film), a 2022 Indian Hindi-language film black comedy film by Jasmeet K. Reen * ''Darling! The Pieter–Dirk Uys Story'', a 2007 documentary by Julian Shaw * '' Army Brats'', a 1984 film also known as ''Darlings''

Music

Darlin' (French band) Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining house music, funk, disco, tech ...

, a short-lived French band that eventually split-off into Daft Punk and Phoenix * Darling (British band), a British band featuring guitarist Hal Lindes and drummer Paul Varley

Albums

* ''Darling'' (Robert Hazard album), 1986 * ''Darling'' (EP), a 2007 promotional EP by Kylie Minogue * ''Darling'' (Yui Horie album), 2008 * ''Darlings'' (Kevin Drew album), 2014 * ''Darlin'', a 1981 album by Tom Jones

Songs

* "Darlin (The Beach Boys song) (1967) * "Darlin (Poacher song) (1970) * "Darlin (Roch Voisine song) (1991) *"

Oh! Darling "Oh! Darling" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, appearing as the fourth song on their eleventh studio album ''Abbey Road'' (1969). It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Its working title w ...

", by the Beatles (1969) *"

Darl+ing Darl is a masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: Real people * Darl Douglas (born 1979), Surinamese footballer * Darl McBride (1959–2024), American entrepreneur * Darl W. Poling (born 1962), American judge Fictional c ...

", by Seventeen (2022) *"Darling", by Stories (1973) *"Darling", by

Baccara Baccara was a Spanish female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951) and María Mendiola (4 April 1952 – 11 September 2021). The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single " Yes ...

Soja, Dostal (1977) *"Darling", by

Cindy & Bert Cindy and Bert were a German schlager vocal duo from Völklingen, Saarland consisting of Jutta Gusenberger (born 26 January 1948) and Norbert Berger (12 September 1945 – 14 July 2012). They were most successful in the 1970s, and are known fo ...

(1979) *"Darling", by Nazar, (1978) *"Darlin'", by Backstreet Boys from their eponymous album (1996) *"Darling", by Golden Earring from the album ''

Paradise in Distress ''Paradise in Distress'' is the twenty-third album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). The album was not issued in the U.S. Track listing All songs written by Hay and Kooymans except where noted. #"Par ...

'' (1999) *"Darling", a song by V6 (2003) *"Darling", by Sons and Daughters (2008) *"Darling", by

Eyes Set to Kill Eyes Set to Kill is an American post-hardcore and metalcore band from Tempe, Arizona. The Rodriguez sisters, lead guitarist Alexia and bassist Anissa, along with vocalist Lindsey Vogt started the band in 2003. After Lindsey's departure, Alexia a ...

(2009) *"Darlin", by Avril Lavigne from the album ''

Goodbye Lullaby ''Goodbye Lullaby'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released worldwide on March 2, 2011 through RCA Records. Recording sessions for the album began in November 2008 and continued over a period of nearly t ...

'' (2011) *"Darling", a song by Kana Nishino (2014) *"Darling", by Girl's Day from the album ''Girl's Day Everyday 4'' (2014) *"Darling", by Real Estate from the album ''

In Mind ''In Mind'' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Real Estate (band), Real Estate, released on March 17, 2017, on Domino Recording Company, Domino Records. It is the band's first album since founding member Matt Mondanile's depar ...

'' (2017) *"Darling", by Taeyang from the album '' White Night'' (2017) *"Darling", a song by Needtobreathe (2018) *"Darling", by Halsey from the album ''

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power ''If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Halsey (singer), Halsey, released on August 27, 2021, by Capitol Records. Produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails, the album mar ...

'' (2021) *"Darling", by Lee Hi from the album '' 4 Only'' (2021) *"Darling", by Nicki Nicole from the album '' Parte de Mí'' (2021) *"Darling", by Zach Bryan from the album ''

American Heartbreak ''American Heartbreak'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Zach Bryan, released on May 20, 2022, through Belting Bronco and Warner Records. It is a triple album and Bryan's major-label debut. The album was preceded by six sin ...

'' (2022) *"Darlin'", by

Chase Matthew Chase Matthew McQuitty (born December 20, 1997) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Warner Records Nashville, he charted in late 2023 with the single " Love You Again". Biography Chase Matthew was born in Sevierville, T ...

from the EP ''We All Grow Up'' (2024)

Other uses

* Darling (''Blackadder''), a character in the British sitcom ''Blackadder'' *

Darling (fragrance) Darling is a women's fragrance from Coty, and the first perfume to be endorsed by Kylie Minogue, released on 9 November 2006. The perfume was designed by Thierry Wasser from Firmenich. Wasser wanted to create a perfume which reflects the Austra ...

, promoted by Kylie Minogue * "Darling" (''The Prisoner''), a 2009 television episode * ''Darling'' (magazine), a quarterly women’s magazine *

Darling (software) Darling is a free and open-source macOS compatibility layer for Linux. It duplicates functions of macOS by providing alternative implementations of the libraries and frameworks that macOS programs call. This method of duplication differs from oth ...

, an open source Darwin / OS X compatibility layer for Linux *'' Darling: New & Selected Poems'', by Jackie Kay * Darling language, an aboriginal language of the Darling River in Australia *Darling, an early automobile model manufactured by

Neue Automobil Gesellschaft The Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft (NAG), or Nationale Automobil-Gesellschaft after it changed its name in 1915, was a German automobile manufacturer in Berlin." In 1902, German electrical company AEG (German company), AEG purchased the coachbuildi ...

*Darling, an automobile model manufactured from 1901 to 1902; see

List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out. A * A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold, ...

The Darlings The Darlings are a fictional family of musically inclined hillbillies in the American TV sitcom '' The Andy Griffith Show''. Overview The Darlings (usually pronounced "Darlin's") lived in a mountain shack somewhere in the mountains neighboring ...

, recurring characters on the American television series ''The Andy Griffith Show''