Given name
Darrelle
“one who is greatly loved”
Darrelle is a variant of Daryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darrelle is a variant of Daryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darrelle is a variant of Daria. An origin associated with Daria is Greek. Darrelle 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 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darrelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 313
- 249 boys · 64 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 24 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 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 373 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.
Darrelle’s family of names
Darrelle has a related form in Daryl. Darrelle has a related form in Daria.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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