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Darby (name)

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Pronunciation
  
/ˈdɑːrbi/ DAR-bee

Related names
  
Derby

Region of origin
  
English

Meaning
  
"deer" "farm"/"settlement"

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. People with the name or its variants include:

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Darby

  • 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, OBE (born 1937), British environmentalist
  • Al Darby, American football player
  • Sir Anthony Darby, MP, (a.1698), English Member of Parliament
  • Sir Charles Darby, senior British naval officer in the American War of Independence
  • Christopher Darby-Griffith, DL, MP, British Member of Parliament, 1857–1868
  • Chuck Darby, American Football Player (born October 22, 1975)
  • Duane Darby, English footballer
  • Francis Darby (1783–1850), eldest son of Abraham Darby III, art lover and correspondent of John Constable
  • George Darby (c.1720–1790), Anglo-Irish vice-admiral in the British Royal Navy
  • George Darby (baseball) (1869–1937), pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
  • George Darby, MP, Member of Parliament for East Sussex 1837–1841
  • Harry Darby (1895–1987), United States Senator
  • Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby, (1750–1823), Anglo-Irish admiral in the British Royal Navy
  • John Darby (NASCAR official), NASCAR Cup Series race director
  • John Fletcher Darby (1803–1882), United States Congressman
  • John M. Darby, 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, English footballer
  • Kim Darby, American actress
  • Mary Darby, maiden name of British poet Mary Robinson
  • Matthew Darby, British conservationist and publisher
  • Matthew Darby (later Darby-Griffith) (1772–1823), general, British Army
  • Newman Darby, American inventor
  • Rhys Darby (born 1974), New Zealand comedian and actor
  • Séamus Darby, Irish Gaelic footballer
  • Stephen Darby (born 1988), 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 Orlando Darby (1911–1945), U.S. Army officer, commander of Darby's Rangers

    • D'Arby

  • Josie d'Arby, British actress
  • Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter now known as Sananda Maitreya

    • Given name

  • Darby Bannard, American abstract painter
  • Darby Crash, American musician, from the band The Germs
  • Darby Conley American cartoonist creator of Get Fuzzy
  • Darby Dougherty, American actress in the film Gummo
  • Darby Hendrickson, American hockey player and coach
  • Darby Mills, female Canadian rock vocalist
  • Darby O'Leary, fictional character from the well-known folk song, "The Galbally Farmer"
  • Darby Savage, Australian socialite and performer
  • Darby Shaw, fictional lead female character in the book and film The Pelican Brief
  • Darby Stanchfield, American film and television actress
  • Darby Brown (1929–1988), Australian boxer of the 1940s and '50s

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