Given name
Darelle
“one who is greatly loved”
Darelle is a variant of Daryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darelle is a variant of Daryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darelle is a variant of Daryl. An origin associated with Daryl is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 295
- 284 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 320 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darelle’s family of names
Darelle has a related form in Daryl.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Darelle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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