Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Daryl
/DAIR · ul/
Meaning
“Old English surname origin”
Old English surname origin, from d'Airelle like Darrell, used as a given name since the early 20th century. Famously androgynous in the US, used for both boys and girls.
Nicknames
dar · daryle
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked in the US in the 1950s-1960s; feels distinctly mid-century now.
The cultural moment.
Top 200 in the US from the 1950s through the 1970s, rare for new births today.