Name: Darby
Gender: Male
Usage: Darby, of anglo-saxon origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Darby are in general originating from Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Darby is: Deer settlement, Free man.
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Numerology of the first name Darby: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Darby is ranked on the 4,692nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 66400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Darby has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Darby (pronounced: DAHR-bee) is an English locational surname and has since become a given name. Its prefix derives from the Old Norse djúr ("deer"), and the suffix býr ("farm"/"settlement"). The oldest recorded surname dates to the period of 1160 - 1182 in Lincolnshire. Darby was a common pre-1800 alternative spelling of Derby, a city in England. People with the name or its variants include:
English: transferred use of the surname, which originated in the Middle Ages as a local name for someone from the city of Derby or the district of West Derby near Liverpool. These are so called from Old Norse diur deer + býr settlement. The Middle English change of -er-to -ar- is normally reflected in the spelling of the given name as well as most cases of the surname, whereas the placename retains a more conservative orthographic form. In Ireland this name has often been used as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Diarmait (see Dermot).
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