Given name
Darwyn
“a beloved friend”
Darwyn is a variant of Darwin. One English interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darwyn is a variant of Darwin. One English interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darwyn is a variant of Darwin. An origin associated with Darwin is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darwyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 736
- 736 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 67 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 67 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 524 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Darwyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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