Darline

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Darline by the numbers

Its American peak was 129 babies in 1927, making it a 1920s name.

What we can tell you about Darline

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Darline. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Darlenedear one; a form of Darla144 in the US (2017)
  • Darlingbeloved one; from endearment term25 in the US (2017)
  • Darlin21 in the US (2017)
  • Darlie5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Darciefrom Arcy; dark one513 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Darrina form of Darren; great or dear64 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Darline

Names that are said the same way as Darline, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Darleengreatly loved; a form of Darlene42 in the US (2017)
  • Darlyn38 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Darline

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