Given name & surname
Darin
“a great man”·“a gift from God”
Darin is a variant of Darren. Interpretations include “a great man” and “a gift from God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darin is a variant of Darren. Interpretations include “a great man” and “a gift from God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darin is a variant of Darren. A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32,910
- 32,546 boys · 364 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 2,624 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,595 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,595 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,614 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 27,677 as a first name in 2020; 782 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darin’s family of names
Darin has a feminine form in Daryn. Darin has a related form in Darren. In Greek usage, Darin is a transliteration of Ντάριν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Darin
- DarinSwedish singer and songwriterborn 1987
- Darin BrooksAmerican actorborn 1984
- Darin LaHoodAmerican politician from Illinoisborn 1968
- Darin MorganAmerican screenwriterborn 1966
- Darin RufAmerican baseball playerborn 1986
- Darin ErstadAmerican baseball player and coachborn 1974
- Darin Downsbaseball pitcher from the United Statesborn 1984
- Darin StraussAmerican writerborn 1970
- Darin J. SallamJordanian writer and directorborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Darin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Darvin
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>99% boys
Daron
“the great one” · “from a small rocky hill”
>99% boys
Daren
“one who is born at night”
>99% boys
Darwin
“a beloved friend”
99% boys · 1% girls
Darryl
“one who is greatly loved” · “one who is dearly loved”
>99% boys
Derwin
“a friend of the deer; a gifted friend”
>99% boys
Darrick
“an oak-hearted man; one who is strong”
>99% boys
Darrel
“one who is dearly loved”
>99% boys