Given name
Derrin
“a birdlike woman”·“a great man”·“a gift from God”
Derrin is a variant of Deryn. One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.” Derrin 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
Derrin is a variant of Deryn. One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.” Derrin 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
Derrin is a variant of Deryn. An origin associated with Deryn is Welsh. Derrin 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 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derrin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 678
- 678 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 29 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 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 603 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.
Derrin’s family of names
Derrin has a related form in Darren. Derrin has a related form in Deryn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Derrin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Darin
“a great man” · “a gift from God”
99% boys · 1% girls
Darrin
“a great man” · “a gift from God”
>99% boys
Derwin
“a friend of the deer; a gifted friend”
>99% boys
Darvin
“a beloved friend”
>99% boys
Daron
“the great one” · “from a small rocky hill”
>99% boys
Daren
“one who is born at night”
>99% boys
Dewayne
“a dark or swarthy man”
>99% boys
Darrick
“an oak-hearted man; one who is strong”
>99% boys