The baby name Deryl is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdɛrəl/ (DER-uhl).
Deryl is English in Origin.
The baby name Deryl is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdɛrəl/ (DER-uhl).
Deryl is English in Origin.
Deryl is a modern English given name, a streamlined spelling of Daryl/Darryl, itself derived from the Norman surname Darrell. That surname comes from the locative French phrase d’Airelle, meaning “of/from Airelle,” a place in Normandy; the overlap with modern French airelle “bilberry” is incidental. Because of phonetic similarity to English dear, some popular sources gloss it as “beloved,” but the more defensible etymology is toponymic.
Used as a first name mainly in the 20th century, Deryl rose in the United States alongside Daryl/Darryl during the 1950s–70s and remains the least common spelling. It is largely masculine, though the broader Daryl family is unisex. Variant forms include Daryl, Darryl, Darrell, Derrell, Daryle, and Deryll; feminine elaborations like Darrelle also appear. Short forms include Dar and Derry.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #134 | 2 | 4,130 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #338 | 3 | 6,459 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| ZA | 0 | #472 | 3 | 14,421 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #784 | 2 | 12,213 |
| United States | Boys | 2003 | #807 | 7 | 7,064 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,165 | 14 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,174 | 9 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,460 | 12 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Deryl is popular in 17 countries — most recent births per country:
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