Given name
Darline
“ouf little darling”
In English use, Darline has a related form in Darlene. One English interpretation is “ouf little darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Darline has a related form in Darlene. One English interpretation is “ouf little darling.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Darline has a related form in Darlene. An origin associated with Darlene is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,050
- 0 boys · 5,050 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 129 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 girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 129 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,291 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.
Darline’s family of names
In English usage, Darline has a related form in Darlene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Darline
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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