—2024 rank
1958peak year
153,237babies named Darrell since 1880
▼ 27%5-year trend
Darrell popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Darrell mean?
From Norman French d'Airelle, denoting someone from Airelle in France. It came to England with the Norman Conquest and later became a given name.
OriginNorman French
Syllables2
Genderboy
Styleclassic, vintage
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