Darby (name)
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.[1] People with the name or its variants include:
Surname
| Darby | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɑːrbi/ [2] DAR-bee |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | English |
| Meaning | "deer" "farm"/"settlement" |
| Other names | |
| Variant(s) | D'Arby, d'Arby, D'arby, Derby |
Vice-Admiral George Darby, by George Romney, ca.1784
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, MP, Member of Parliament for East Sussex 1837–1841
- George Darby (baseball) (1869–1937), pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
- 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
- Daniel J. D'Arby, American professional gambler
- Josie d'Arby, British actress
- Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter now known as Sananda Maitreya
Given name
| Darby | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɑːrbi/ [2] DAR-bee |
| Gender | masculine |
- 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 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
References
- ↑ "Surname: Darby". surnamedb.com. 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- 1 2 Jones, Daniel; Gimson, Alfred C. (1977) [1917]. Everyman's English Pronunciation Dictionary. Everyman's Reference Library (14 ed.). London: J. M. Dent & Sons. ISBN 0-460-03029-9.
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