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Summary
- No one in the Bible is named Daryl, Darryl or Darrell, and the name has no Hebrew or biblical meaning.
- Daryl is a variant of Darrell, a surname from Norman French d’Airelle, “from Airelle,” usually identified with Airel in Normandy.
- The meanings “beloved,” “dear one” and “cranberry” often given for it are not supported by name and surname references.
- In the United States Daryl peaked at 161st in 1970 and Darryl at 68th in 1965.
- The Catholic Catechism asks only that a baptismal name not be “foreign to Christian sentiment” (paragraph 2156).
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Daryl,” “Darrell” and “Darryl,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/darrell
- Behind the Name surnames, “Darrell.” https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/darrell
- SurnameDB, “Darrell.” https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Darrell
- “Darrell,” Wikipedia, on d’Airelle and the French word airelle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell
- “Airel,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airel
- Wiktionary, “airelle.” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airelle
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2156. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7K.HTM
- Scripture references: Ezra 4:24; Haggai 1:1; Daniel 6:1; 9:1.
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