Boy · English surname
Darnell
Say it: dar-NEL
Meaning
From an English surname, possibly from darnel, a weed grass.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1980s
In the United States
- 30,614 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1984, about 1 in 2,400 boys
- 99 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Darnel
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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