Given name & surname
Darnel
“a secretive woman”·“from the hidden place”
Darnel is a variant of Darnell. Interpretations include “a secretive woman” (English) and “from the hidden place” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darnel is a variant of Darnell. Interpretations include “a secretive woman” (English) and “from the hidden place” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darnel is a variant of Darnell. An origin associated with Darnell is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darnel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,052
- 1,006 boys · 46 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 36 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 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,035 as a first name in 2020; 145 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Darnel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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