Darby (name)
Darby 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.[1] People with the name or its variants include:
Surname
Pronunciation | /ˈdɑːrbi/ [2] DAR-bee |
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Origin | |
Meaning | "deer" "farm"/"settlement" |
Region of origin | English |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | D'Arby, d'Arby, D'arby, Derby |
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Darby
- Abiah Darby (1716–1794), English minister
- Abraham Darby I (1678–1717), British ironmaster and pioneer of coke-fired smelting
- Abraham Darby II (1711–1763), British ironmaster, son of Abraham I
- Abraham Darby III (1750–1791), British ironmaster, builder of the world's first iron bridge
- Adrian Darby (born 1937), OBE, British environmentalist
- Al Darby (born 1954), American football player
- Alden Darby (born 1992), Canadian football defensive back
- Angie Darby (born 1987), Australian modern pentathlete
- Anthony Darby (born 1972), Australian footballer
- Arthur Darby (1876–1960), British rugby union player
- Brandon Darby (born 1976), American conservative blogger and activist
- Brent Darby (1981–2011), American basketball player
- Brett Darby (born 1983), footballer
- Byron Darby (born 1960), American football defensive end
- Chris Darby (born 1950s), politician
- Christopher Darby Griffith, DL, MP, British Member of parliament, 1857–1868
- Chuck Darby (born 1975), American Football Player (born October 22, 1975)
- Craig Darby (born 1972), American ice hockey center
- Dick Darby (1919–1993), Bishop of Sherwood
- Douglas Darby (1910–1985)
- Drew Darby (born 1947), politician
- Duane Darby (born 1973), English footballer
- Edward Darby (1888–?), World War I flying ace
- Ernest Darby, a fictional character on the television series Sons of Anarchy
- Francis Darby (1783–1850), eldest son of Abraham Darby III, art lover and correspondent of John Constable
- George Darby (1720–1790), Anglo-Irish vice-admiral in the British Royal Navy
- George Darby (baseball) (1869–1937), pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
- George Darby (politician) (1798–1877), British Conservative politician
- Harry Darby (1895–1987), United States Senator
- J. N. Darby (1897–1985), a pen-name of U. S. juvenile fiction writer Christine N. Govan
- J. N. Darby (1922–1992), a pen-name of U. S. author and naturalist Mary Q. Steele
- John Darby (NASCAR official), NASCAR Cup Series race director
- John Fletcher Darby (1803–1882), United States Congressman
- John M. Darby (1804–1877), American botanist and academic
- John Nelson Darby, leader of the Plymouth Brethren, founder of the Darbyites and translator of the Darby Bible
- Joseph Darby, American military policeman
- Julian Darby (born 1967), English footballer
- Kim Darby (born 1947), American actress
- Mary Darby, maiden name of British poet Mary Robinson
- Matthew Darby (born 1967), British conservationist and publisher
- Matthew Darby (later Darby-Griffith) (1772–1823), general, British Army
- Newman Darby (1928–2016), American inventor
- Rhys Darby (born 1974), New Zealand comedian and actor
- Richard Darby, American attorney and judge; appointed Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court in April 2018
- Séamus Darby (born 1950), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby (1750–1823), Anglo-Irish admiral in the British Royal Navy
- Stephen Darby (born 1989), English footballer
- Steve Darby (born 1955), English football coach and pundit
- Thomas Darby, inventor of the Darby Steam-Digger
- Tom Darby, half of the country music duo Darby and Tarlton
- William Darby (1796–1871), aka Pablo Fanque, circus proprietor
- William Darby (died 1791), Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland in the late nineteenth century
- William Orlando Darby (1911–1945), U.S. Army officer, commander of Darby's Rangers
D'Arby
- Daniel J. D'Arby, fictional American professional gambler from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series
- Josie d'Arby (born 1972), British actress
- Terence Trent D'Arby (born 1962), American singer-songwriter now known as Sananda Maitreya
Given name
Pronunciation | /ˈdɑːrbi/ [2] DAR-bee |
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Gender | unisex |
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- Darby Alafoginis (born 1993), American Soccer player/Businessman
- Darby Allin (born 1997), American wrestler
- Darby Bailey, American actress, musician, songwriter, writer/producer, and businesswoman
- Darby Bannard (born 1934-2016), American abstract painter
- Darby Bergin (1826–1896), Ontario physician and political figure
- Darby Berkhout (born 1966), Canadian rower
- Darby Brown (1929–1988), Australian boxer of the 1940s and '50s
- Darby Camp (born 2007), American actress
- Darby Conley (born 1970), American cartoonist creator of Get Fuzzy
- Darby Cottle (born 1961), softball player
- Darby Crash (1958–1980), American musician, from the band The Germs
- Darby Dougherty, American actress in the film Gummo
- Darby Dunn, American journalist and reporter
- Darby Field (1610–1649), first European to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire
- Darby Gould (born 1965), American vocalist
- Darby Hendrickson (born 1972), American hockey player and coach
- Darby Hinton (born 1957), American actor and filmmaker
- Darby Lloyd Rains (born 1948), adult film performer
- Darby Loudon (1897–1963), New Zealand-born rugby union player
- Darby Lux II (1737–1795)
- Darby McCarthy (born 1944), Australian jockey
- Darby McDevitt, creative scriptwriter
- Darby Mills, female Canadian rock vocalist
- Darby O'Brien (1863–1893), baseball player
- Darby O'Gill, a fictional Irishman in the writings of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh
- Darby Riordan (1888–1936), Australian politician
- Darby Shaw, fictional lead female character in the book and film The Pelican Brief
- Darby Slick (born 1944), American guitarist and songwriter
- Darby Stanchfield (born 1971), American film and television actress
- Darby W. Betts (1912–1998), Episcopal priest
- Darby Walker (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
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See also
- Arby (disambiguation)
- Darby and Joan (disambiguation)
References
- "Surname: Darby". surnamedb.com. 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- Jones, Daniel; Gimson, Alfred C. (1977) [1917]. Everyman's English Pronunciation Dictionary. Everyman's Reference Library (14 ed.). London: J. M. Dent & Sons. ISBN 0-460-03029-9.
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