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 Jimenez (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 (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, 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, an escarpment in Western Australia * Darling Street, Balmain, Sydney * Darling railway station, 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, 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'', 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 * ''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", by Seventeen (2022) *"Darling", by Stories (1973) *"Darling", by Baccara Soja, Dostal (1977) *"Darling", by Cindy & Bert (1979) *"Darling", by Nazar, (1978) *"Darlin'", by Backstreet Boys from their eponymous album (1996) *"Darling", by Golden Earring from the album '' Paradise in Distress'' (1999) *"Darling", a song by V6 (2003) *"Darling", by Sons and Daughters (2008) *"Darling", by Eyes Set to Kill (2009) *"Darlin", by Avril Lavigne from the album '' Goodbye Lullaby'' (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'' (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'' (2022) *"Darlin'", by Chase Matthew from the EP ''We All Grow Up'' (2024)

Other uses

* Darling (''Blackadder''), a character in the British sitcom ''Blackadder'' * Darling (fragrance), 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, recurring characters on the American television series ''The Andy Griffith Show''