Given name
Derron
“a birdlike woman”·“a great man”·“a gift from God”
Derron is a variant of Deryn. One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.” Derron 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
Derron is a variant of Deryn. One Welsh interpretation is “a birdlike woman.” Derron 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
Derron is a variant of Deryn. An origin associated with Deryn is Welsh. Derron 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 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,536
- 1,536 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,500 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,500 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 59 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,242 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.
Derron’s family of names
Derron has a related form in Darren. Derron has a related form in Deryn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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