Given name & surname
Derby
“of the deer park”
Derby is a variant of Darby. One English interpretation is “of the deer park.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Derby is a variant of Darby. One English interpretation is “of the deer park.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Derby is a variant of Darby. An origin associated with Darby is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Derby is a variant of Darby. The history of Darby gives this family its wider story. Darby’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Derby through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 29 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 7 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 302 as a first name in 2020; 5,680 as a surname 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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