Given name & surname
Durrell
“one who is strong and protective”
Durrell is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is strong and protective.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is strong and protective.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Durrell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,905
- 1,905 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 149 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 149 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,293 as a first name in 2020; 764 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Durrell’s family of names
Durrell has a related form in Durell. Durrell has a related form in Durrel. Durrell has a related form in Durel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Durrell
- TankAmerican R&B singer and record producerborn 1976
- Durrell SummersAmerican basketball playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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