Daryn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 37 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
37
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Daryn by the numbers

Daryn was given to 37 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 107 babies in 1965, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Daryn

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 Daryn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Derynbird5 in the US (2017)
  • Daron54 in the US (2017)
  • Darryn21 in the US (2017)
  • Davyn19 in the US (2017)
  • Daran9 in the US (2017)
  • Darcyfrom Arcy; a place name351 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Daryn

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

  • Darrengreat, mighty464 in the US (2017)
  • Darrina form of Darren; great or dear64 in the US (2017)
  • Darinwealthy, rich; a variant of Darius61 in the US (2017)
  • Darrongreat; variant of Darren22 in the US (2017)
  • Daren7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dayron23 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Daryn

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