Darrel - Meaning of Darrel

What does Darrel mean?

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Darrel

[ 2 syll. dar-rel, da-rr-el ] The baby boy name Darrel is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced as DEY-R-ahL †. Darrel is largely used in the English language and its origin is Old French. Darrel is a variant spelling of the name Darryl (English).

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Darrel is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1939 with 0.042% of baby boys being given the name Darrel. Its ranking then was #242. The baby name has since experienced a substantial fall in popularity, and is now of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its group, Darrel was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2018. Darrel has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Darrel include Darrell, Darryl, Darryll, Daryl, Darell, Darly, Daryell, Derril, Derryl, Doriel, Dorley, Dorli, Dorlie, Dorly, Dorrell, Durell, Durrell, Durril, Duriel, and Darl.

† Pronunciation for Darrel: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"