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Darnell

Darnell means "Old French/English" and comes from Old French, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It is not as common as it was in the 1980s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. In total, about 30,258 American babies have carried this name since 1900.

Old FrenchOld French/English
Etymology"Hidden nook" or "concealed place"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
78
1920s
267
1930s
372
1940s
1,050
1950s
3,557
1960s
4,290
1970s
5,175
1980s
6,497
1990s
4,573
2000s
2,877
2010s
1,522
Peaked in the 1980s · 30,258 total U.S. births since 1900