Darrien
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.
Darrien by the numbers
Darrien was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 151 babies in 1995, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Darrien
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 Darrien. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Darienwealthy; prosperous; a form of Darius174 in the US (2017)
- Darrina form of Darren; great or dear64 in the US (2017)
- Darriongreat; a respelling of Darren52 in the US (2017)
- Darrianwealthy; a modern respelling of Darian, form of Darius45 in the US (2017)
- Darionwealthy man; a form of Darius76 in the US (2017)
- Dorienchild of dorus; a form of dorian20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Darrien
Names that are said the same way as Darrien, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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