Given name
Darral
“one who is dearly loved”
Darral is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darral is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darral is a variant of Darrel. An origin associated with Darrel is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darral through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 385
- 385 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 20 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 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 322 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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