Given name
Derryl
“one who is dearly loved”
Derryl is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Derryl is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Derryl is a variant of Darrel. An origin associated with Darrel is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derryl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 916
- 901 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 44 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 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 694 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Derryl, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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99% boys · 1% girls
Darrin
“a great man” · “a gift from God”
>99% boys
Darrell
“one who is dearly loved” · “one who is greatly loved”
>99% boys
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>99% boys
Daron
“the great one” · “from a small rocky hill”
>99% boys