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Boy · Norman French
Darryl
Say it: DAIR-ul
Meaning
A spelling of Darrell, from a Norman surname d'Airelle (from Airel in Normandy); the claimed meaning 'darling' is a folk etymology.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Most popular in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 92,956 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1965, about 1 in 378 boys
- 113 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Darrell, Daryl
Famous bearers
- Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player
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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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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.