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Deryl - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Deryl

[ syll. de-ryl, der-yl ] The boy name Deryl is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is DEHRahL KEY. Deryl is an English name of Old French origin. Deryl is a variant of the name Darryl (English).

Deryl is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1950, 0.003% of baby boys were given the name Deryl. Its ranking then was #993. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is today of irregular use. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Deryl, Darryl (English) was the most popular in 2008. Deryl has in the past century been predominantly given to boys.

Baby names that sound like Deryl include Darrel (English), Darrell (English), Darryl (English), Daryl (English), Durril (English), Darel (English), Darell (English), and Deryll (English).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Deryl: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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