Given name & surname
Darry
“one who is dearly loved”·“an oak-hearted man; one who is strong”
Darry is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.” Darry is a variant of Darroch. One Irish interpretation is “an oak-hearted man; one who is strong.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darry is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.” Darry is a variant of Darroch. One Irish interpretation is “an oak-hearted man; one who is strong.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darry is a variant of Darrel. An origin associated with Darrel is English. Darry is a variant of Darroch. An origin associated with Darroch is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,536
- 1,536 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 69 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 7 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 69 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,080 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.
Darry’s family of names
Darry has a related form in Darrel. Darry has a related form in Darroch.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Darry
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Darry, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Cary
“from the river” · “from the fort on the hill”
95% boys · 5% girls
Darin
“a great man” · “a gift from God”
99% boys · 1% girls
Darrin
“a great man” · “a gift from God”
>99% boys
Daryel
>99% boys
Derwin
“a friend of the deer; a gifted friend”
>99% boys
Daron
“the great one” · “from a small rocky hill”
>99% boys