At a Glance: Name: Darby – Meaning: deer settlement / deer village (Old Norse djúr 'deer' + bý 'settlement') – Origin: English (place name: Derby) – Pronunciation: DAR-bee
Darby is an English (place name: Derby) name meaning “deer settlement / deer village (Old Norse djúr 'deer' + bý 'settlement')”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Darby
Meaning: Deer settlement / deer village (Old Norse djúr 'deer' + bý 'settlement').
Origin: English (place name: Derby).
A common claim: Darby is often said to be an Irish form of Diarmaid, meaning 'free from envy' Actually: Wiktionary traces Darby to the English place name Derby, meaning 'deer settlement' (Old Norse djúr 'deer' + bý 'settlement'), not to Diarmaid. Separately, 'Darby' was historically used in Ireland as an anglicized form of Diarmaid/Dermot.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Darby
Phonetic: DAR-bee IPA: /ˈdɑːrbi/
Popularity of Darby
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1913–2024.
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