Given name
Darylene
“one who is greatly loved”
Darylene is a variant of Daryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darylene is a variant of Daryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darylene 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 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darylene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 0 boys · 49 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 8 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 girls is 5 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 97 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.
Darylene’s family of names
Darylene has a related form in Daryl.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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