Daryl

Where Daryl comes from

The dictionaries list Daryl as a given name — a unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darrell — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,353 among boys, 13 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1960
    Daryl Hannah born
    American actress and director
  3. 1970
    Peak, #161
    1,793 babies named Daryl — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #247.
  5. 1992
    Daryl Sabara born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darrell.
Namesakes
  • Daryl Hannah · American actress and director, born 1960
  • Daryl Sabara · American actor, born 1992
  • Daryl Janmaat · Dutch association football player, born 1989
  • Daryl Impey · South African racing cyclist, born 1984
  • Daryl Murphy · Irish association football player, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.