Given name
Deryl
“one who is dearly loved”
Deryl is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deryl is a variant of Darrel. One English interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deryl 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deryl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,016
- 1,826 boys · 190 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 91% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 56 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,421 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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Deryl
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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