How is my Enlish Name
It is a long story.

I watched the movie Silent Lamb 8 year ago and rememberd the Girl's name sounded"Stalin". But years after that, I am not sure of the pronuncation. i think it is something like" staring", so I named myselfe Starring. In my mind this word can be understand as "Star+shining " or "Stare+ing" , but I can not find Starring in dictionary.

However, when I watch movies and the word Starring do show on the screen as proudcer, directer, music......I think Starring has its meaning and may be someone work for this movie. What does this person responsible for? And what is the etyma of it? how to use it in a sentence? Do you think it is properble to be used as a name? Can I change the world to Staring which is more simple but again have no meaning?

Could somebody give me an answer? Thanks a lot~

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How is my Enlish Name
It is a long story.

I watched the movie Silent Lamb 8 year ago and rememberd the Girl's name sounded"Stalin". But years after that, I am not sure of the pronuncation. i think it is something like" staring", so I named myselfe Starring. In my mind  this word can be understand as "Star+shining " or "Stare+ing" , but I can not find Starring in dictionary. 

However, when I watch movies and the word Starring do show on the screen as proudcer, directer, music......I think Starring has its meaning and may be someone work for this movie.  What does this person responsible for? And what is the etyma of it? how to use it in a sentence? Do you think it is properble to be used as a name? Can I change the world to Staring which is more simple but again have no meaning?

Could somebody give me an answer? Thanks a lot~

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If you are talking about Silence of the Lambs the main character's name was Clarice Starling played by Jodie Foster.

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Starring, like in films- "starring Sean Connery"- means that the person named plays the main character of the film. It comes from the noun 'star', which can mean a famous or great person as well as a giant ball of flaming gas in the sky, so 'starring' really means 'being a star', or 'being the main character'. You probably can't find it in the dictionary because a) it is a relatively recent and technical word, and b) it is part of a verb. If you looked up the verb 'to star' you might get something. 'Staring' means 'looking at someone for a long time without blinking', and is generally not a good thing. If I were you, I would keep 'starring' as your name.

Hope that helps, and good luck

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