Derry - Meaning of Derry

What does Derry mean?

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Derry

[ 2 syll. der-ry, de-rry ] The baby boy name Derry is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as DEHRiy †. Derry is largely used in the English and Irish languages, and its origin is Old Persian, Celtic, Gothic, and English. The name could be invented from the combination of Derek and Terry.

In addition, Derry is an English pet form of the name Darius (English, German, Iranian, and Lithuanian).

Derry is also an English variant of the name Dáire (Irish).

Derry is also an English pet form of the name Derek (Dutch, English, and German).

Derry is also an Irish pet form of the name Dermot (English).

Derry has 14 variants. Variants include Dare, Darrey, Darrie, Darry, Dary, Deri, Derie, Derr, Derrea, Derree, Derrey, Derri, Derrie, and Dery.

See also the related categories, combination, persian, english, gothic, celtic, invented, and irish.

Derry is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2018, among the group of boy names directly linked to Derry, Derek was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Derry include Darrey, Darry, Dary, Deri, Derree, Derrey, Derri, Derrie, Dery, Daire, Dara, Darach, Daragh, Daray, Darío, Daro, Daroe, Daroh, Darowe, and Darragh.

† Pronunciation for Derry: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"