Darren
| Pronunciation | /dærən/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Darin, Darrell, Darragh, Dáire |
Darren is a masculine given name of uncertain etymological origins. Some theories state that it originated from an Anglicisation of the Irish first name Darragh or Dáire, meaning "Oak Tree". According to other sources, it is thought to come from the Gaelic surname meaning ‘great’, but is also linked to a Welsh mountain named Moel Darren.[1] It is also believed to be a variant of Darrell, which originated from the French surname D'Airelle, meaning "of Airelle". The common spelling of Darren is found in the Welsh language, meaning "edge": Black Darren and Red Darren are found on the eastern side of the Hatterrall Ridge, west of Long Town. In New Zealand, the Darran Mountains exist as a spur of the Southern Alps in the south of the country. Darren has several spelling variations including Daren, Darin, Daryn, Darrin, Darran and Darryn.
In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during the 1970s but declined sharply afterwards. In England and Wales, it first appeared in the early-1960s, ranking 66th in 1964, and had leapt to 15th by 1974, but fell to 33rd by 1984 and last appeared in the top 100 in 1994, when it ranked 100th.[2]
People[]
Sports[]
- Darren Anderton, English footballer
- Darren Andrews (born 1995), American football player
- Darren Bennett (football player), Australian, played both Australian rules football and American football
- Darren Bent, English footballer
- Darren Braithwaite, British sprinter
- Darren Bravo, West Indian cricketer
- Darren Byfield, English footballer
- Darren Campbell, English sprint athlete
- Darren Collins (footballer born 1967), English footballer
- Darren Collison, American professional basketball player
- Darren Clarke, Irish professional golfer
- Darren Currie, English footballer
- Darren Daulton, American baseball player
- Darren Daye (born 1960), American basketball player
- Darren Drozdov, retired professional wrestler who competed in the WWF from 1998 until 1999.
- Darren Fells, American football player
- Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
- Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
- Darren Gerard (born 1984), English cricketer
- Darren Gilford, Maltese athlete specializing in both the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metre relay races
- Darren Gough, English cricketer
- Darren Hall (disambiguation), multiple people
- Darren Huckerby, English former footballer
- Darren Hughes (English footballer), English footballer
- Darren Hughes (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Darren Hughes (gridiron football), American football player
- Darren Jarman, Australian rules football player
- Darren Kelly (born 1979), Northern Irish footballer
- Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league player
- Darren Lange, Australian freestyle swimmer
- Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
- Darren Matthews, best known as William Regal, English wrestler
- Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player
- Darren McCaughan, American baseball player
- Darren Murphy, Irish footballer
- Darren Ng, China-Australian basketball player
- Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
- Darren Pang, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
- Darren Purse, English footballer
- Darren Ritchie, Scottish long jumper
- Darren Rumble (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Darren Sharper, American football free safety
- Darren Smith (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
- Darren Sproles, American football player
- Darren Till, British mixed martial artist
- Darren Turcotte, American ice hockey player
- Darren Waller, American football player
- Darren Webster, British darts player
- Darren Yewchyn, Canadian football player
- Darren Young, ring name of American WWE wrestler Fred Rosser
Arts and entertainment[]
- Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker
- Darren Barnet, American actor
- Darren Bennett (dancer), British professional dancer
- Darren Bett, British weatherman for the BBC
- Darren Boyd, British actor
- Darren Criss, American actor and singer
- Darren Cullen (artist), British satirical artist and writer
- Darren Dale, Australian filmmaker
- Darren Day, English actor, singer, and television presenter
- Darren Espanto, Filipino Canadian singer
- Darren Farris, American singer/songwriter
- Darren Floyd, British writer, painter and puppeteer
- Darren Grant, American Film and Music Video Director
- Darren Hayes, Australian singer-songwriter, formerly of the group Savage Garden
- Darren Jessee, American drummer for the rock group Ben Folds Five
- Darren Jordon, British journalist and newsreader
- Darren Kennedy, Irish television presenter and entrepreneur based in London
- Darren Korb, American songwriter and composer
- Darren Leader, stage name Stix Zadinia, American drummer for rock group Steel Panther
- Darren Lim, Singaporean actor
- Darren McGavin, American actor
- Darren Ockert, British singer-songwriter and producer based out of Miami
- Darren Robinson (rapper), American member of the 80s rap group The Fat Boys
- Darren O'Shaughnessy, Irish writer and novelist, pen names Darren Shan and Darren Dash
- Darren "Whackhead" Simpson (born 1977), South African radio presenter
- Darren Star, American television/film producer and screenwriter
- Darren Styles, British record producer, disc jockey and singer-songwriter from Colchester
- Darren Tate, British trance music producer and DJ
- Darren Wilson, American drummer of the Chicago-based indie-rock group The Hush South
Other professions[]
- Darren Chester, Australian politician
- Darren Hughes, New Zealand politician
- Darren Naish, British vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer
- Darren Storsley, founder of Top Teen of Canada
- Darren Kimura, American businessman, inventor and investor
- Darren Deon Vann, American serial killer
Fictional characters[]
- Darren Agonistes Cross, supervillain 'Yellowjacket' from the Marvel comic series Marvel MCU Movie Ant-Man
- Darren Leadfoot, also known as Shiny Wax, a character in Cars
- Darren Osborne, in British soap Hollyoaks
- Darren Woods, a character in the 1985 American science fantasy movie Explorers
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Darren - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Darren | BabyNames.co.uk". Baby Names. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ Top 100 Baby Names - Historical Series (Her Majesty's Stationery Office)
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