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Darby (name)

Darby is an English locational surname and has since become a given name. Its prefix derives from the Old Norse ' ("deer"), and the suffix ' ("farm"/"settlement"). The oldest recorded use as a surname dates to the period of 1160–1182 in Lincolnshire. Darby was a common pre-1800 alternative spelling of Derby, a city in England.

In Ireland, Darby is a diminutive of the Gaelic name Ó Diarmada, which means "descendant of Diarmaid".

Notable people with the name or its variants include:

Surname

Darby

D'Arby

Given name

  • Darby Allin (born 1997), American wrestler
  • Darby Bailey, American actress, musician, songwriter, writer/producer, and businesswoman
  • Darby Bergin (1826–1896), Ontario physician and political figure
  • Darby Berkhout (born 1966), Canadian rower
  • Darby Brown (1929–1988), Australian boxer of the 1940s and '50s
  • Darby Camp (born 2007), American actress
  • Darby Conley (born 1970), American cartoonist creator of Get Fuzzy
  • Darby Cottle (born 1961), American softball player
  • Darby Cowgill (born 2011), Programmer
  • Darby Crash (1958–1980), American musician, from the band The Germs
  • Darby Dougherty, American actress in the film Gummo
  • Darby Dunn, American journalist and reporter
  • Darby Field (1610–1649), British, first European to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire
  • Darby Gould (born 1965), American vocalist
  • Darby Hendrickson (born 1972), American hockey player and coach
  • Darby Hinton (born 1957), American actor and filmmaker
  • Darby Jones (1910–1986), American actor
  • Darby Lloyd Rains (born 1948), American adult film performer
  • Darby Loudon (1897–1963), New Zealand-born rugby union player
  • Darby Lux II (1737–1795), American businessman, militiaman in the American Revolution
  • Darby McCarthy (1944–2020), Australian jockey
  • Darby McDevitt (born 1975), American game developer and writer
  • Darby Mills, Canadian rock vocalist
  • Darby Nelson (1940 –2022), American writer and politician
  • Darby O'Brien (1863–1893), American baseball player
  • Darby Penney (1952–2021), American writer, activist
  • Darby Riordan (1888–1936), Australian politician
  • Darby Slick (born 1944), American guitarist and songwriter
  • Darby Stanchfield (born 1971), American film and television actress
  • Darby W. Betts (1912–1998), American Episcopal priest
  • Darby Walker (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player

Fictional characters

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