Given name
Derren
“a great man”·“a gift from God”
Derren is a variant of Darren. Interpretations include “a great man” and “a gift from God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Derren is a variant of Darren. Interpretations include “a great man” and “a gift from God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Derren is a variant of Darren. A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 409
- 409 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 17 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Derren
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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