Darryl is a given name, a variant spelling of

Darell Darell is a given name derived from an English surname, which was derived from Norman-French , originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France. There are no longer any towns in France called Airelle, but is the French word for huckleberry ...

. Variations of this name include: Daryl, Daryll, Darryll, and Darrel.

People

Darryl

Darryl Brown (West Indian cricketer) Darryl Brown (born 18 December 1973) is a former West Indian cricketer who played three One Day Internationals in 2001–02. He was born at McBean, Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tob ...

(born 1973) * Darryl Brown (South African cricketer) (born 1983) * Darryl Byrd (born 1960), American former football player *

Darryl Cunningham Darryl Cunningham (born 1960) is a British author and cartoonist who has written the books ''Science Tales'' (also known, in the US, as ''How to Fake a Moon Landing''), ''Psychiatric Tales'', ''The Age of Selfishness'' and ''Billionaires: The Li ...

(born 1960), English cartoonist (see also Daryl Cunningham below) *

Darryl David Darryl Wilson David (born 19 October 1970) is a Singaporean politician and former entertainer. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ang Mo Kio–Hougang division of Ang Mo Kio GR ...

(born 1971), a member of the Singapore Parliament *

Darryl Dawkins Darryl R. Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was particularly known for his tenure with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, althoug ...

(1957–2015), American National Basketball Association player *

Darryl Dikarrna Brown David Blanasi ( – disappeared 2001), also known as David Bylanadji, also spelt David Bulanatji, was an Aboriginal Australian player and maker of the didgeridoo, known as master of the " Kunbjorrk" or "Gunborg" style of playing. He is known for ...

, Australian didgeridoo master * Darryl Drake (1956–2019), American football coach and player * Darryl George (born 1993), Australian baseball player *

Darryl Hamilton Darryl Quinn Hamilton (December 3, 1964 – June 21, 2015) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1988 and 2001 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Colorado ...

(1964–2015), American Major League Baseball player * Darryl Hardy (born 1968), American former National Football League player * Darryl Henley (born 1966), American former National Football League player convicted of drug trafficking and attempted murder *

Darryl Hickman Darryl Gerard Hickman (July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024) was an American actor, screenwriter, television executive, and acting coach. He started his career as a child actor in the Golden Age of Hollywood and appeared in numerous television seria ...

(born 1931), American actor and television executive * Darryl Hill, multiple people * D. L. Hughley (born 1963), American actor, political commentator, radio host, author and stand-up comedian *

Darryl Johnson (disambiguation) Darryl, Daryl or Darrell Johnson may refer to: Sports *Darrell Johnson (1928–2004), American baseball player *Daryl Johnson (1946–2023), American football defensive back *Darrel Johnson (born 1959), college basketball coach *Darryl Johnson (bas ...

, multiple people *

Darryl Jones (disambiguation) Darryl Jones Darryl Jones (born December 11, 1961) is an American bassist. He has been recording and touring with the Rolling Stones since 1993. He has also played in bands with Miles Davis and Sting, among others. Career Darryl Jones was b ...

, multiple people *

Darryl Kile Darryl Andrew Kile (December 2, 1968 – June 22, 2002) was an American professional baseball starting pitcher. He pitched from 1991 to 2002 for three Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, primarily for the Houston Astros. Kile was known for his sha ...

(1968–2002), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Darryl Kurylo Darryl Hughes Kurylo (born November 17, 1965) is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the ''Yakuza'' video game series in the English versions of the game circa 2005 to 2020, as well a ...

(born 1965), American voice actor *

Darryl Lewis Darryl Gerard Lewis (born April 16, 1961) is an American former professional football tight end who played one season with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round ...

(born 1961), American football player (see also Darryll Lewis below) *

Darryl McDaniels Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), also commonly known by his stage name DMC (or D.M.C.), is an American rapper and record producer. He is a founding member of the Hip-hop, hip hop group Run-DMC, and is considered one of the pioneers ...

(born 1964), American musician, a founding member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C. *

Darryl Monroe Darryl Monroe Jr. (born January 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Changwon LG Sakers of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). A power forward/ center, he played college basketball for Central Florida CC and George Maso ...

(born 1986), basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Darryl Morris (American football) Darryl Eric Morris (born September 4, 1990) is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football for Texas State. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He is currently an assis ...

(born 1990), American National Football League player *

Darryl Pearce Darryl Pearce (15 October 1960 – 12 January 2025) was an Australian professional basketball player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", Pearce played in the National Basketball League (NBL) for the Adelaide 36ers from 1982 to 1991 before playing four s ...

(1960–2025), Australian basketball player *

Darryl Pinckney Darryl Pinckney (born 1953 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American novelist, playwright, and essayist. Early life Pinckney grew up in a middle-class African-American family in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended local public schools. He wa ...

(born 1953), American novelist, playwright and essayist *

Darryl Sittler Darryl Glen Sittler (born September 18, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings. H ...

(born 1950), Canadian former National Hockey League player *

Darryl De Sousa Darryl D. De Sousa (born 1964 or 1965) is an American former police officer who served as commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department from January to May 2018. Having served the BPD since 1988, he resigned as commissioner after he was indi ...

(born 1964 or 1965), American police officer *

Darryl Stingley Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). His career was ended at age 26 by ...

(1951–2007), American National Football League player who suffered a career-ending spinal cord injury *

Darryl Strawberry Darryl Eugene Strawberry Sr. (born March 12, 1962) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Throughout his career, Strawberry was one of the most feared sluggers in the sport ...

(born 1962), American former Major League Baseball outfielder *

Darryl Sutter Darryl John Sutter (born August 19, 1958) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is one of seven Sutter brothers, six of whom made the ...

(born 1958), Canadian former National Hockey League player and head coach *

Darryl Tapp Darryl Anthony Tapp (born September 13, 1984) is an American professional football coach and former defensive end who is the defensive line coach for the Washington Commanders. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies and was sele ...

(born 1984), American National Football League player *

Darryl Wren Daryl Tyrone Wren (born January 25, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for two seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in t ...

(born 1967), American former football player *

Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl Francis Zanuck (; September 5, 1902December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a ...

(1902–1979), American film producer and studio executive

Daryl

* Daryl (magician) (1955–2017), American magician Daryl Easton *

Daryl Beattie Daryl Glen Beattie (born 26 September 1970 in Charleville, Queensland, Australia) is a former Grand Prix solo motorcycle road racer. Motorsport career Beattie posted several good results at the beginning of the 1992 500cc Grand Prix season th ...

(born 1970), Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *

Daryl Braithwaite Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also has a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including ...

(born 1949), Australian singer * Daryl Cunningham (born 1960), former Australian rules footballer *

Daryl Cumber Dance Daryl Cumber Dance (born January 17, 1938) is an American academic best known for her work on black folklore. Biography Daryl Veronica Cumber was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Allen and Veronica Bell Cumber. She attended Ruthville High School ...

(born 1938), American academic *

Daryl Myntia Daniels Daryl Myntia Daniels is an American visual artist from Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio who is known for her colorful paintings and murals. Her work often addresses themes of community, race, identity, and women's empowerment. Daniels has created mura ...

, American visual artist * Daryl Dellora, Australian filmmaker *

Daryl Dragon Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American musician known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his wife, Toni Tennille. Early life Born into a musical family, Dragon was the son of Elo ...

(1942–2019), American musician and songwriter, co-founder of the music duo Captain & Tennille *

Daryl Gralka Daryl Gralka Lerner (born May 4, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player. A native of Houston, Gralka was active on the professional tour in the 1970s. She featured as a lucky loser in the singles main draw of the 1974 French Open ...

(born 1954), American professional tennis player * Daryl Haggard, American-Canadian astronomer and associate professor *

Daryl Hall Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer. He is best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Hall & Oates, with guitarist and songwriter John Oa ...

(born 1946), American singer, musician, songwriter and producer, co-founder of the music duo Hall & Oates *

Daryl Hannah Daryl Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her film debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film ''The Fury (1978 film), The Fury'' (1978). She has starred in various films across the ...

(born 1960), American actress and environmental activist *

Daryl Hoole Daryl Hoole is an author and public speaker from Salt Lake City, Utah. The main themes of her written works and speeches are home management and family living. She has authored six books and given numerous discourses on these themes. Biography ...

(born 1934), American author * Daryl Janmaat (born 1989), Dutch footballer *

Daryl Johnston Daryl Peter "Moose" Johnston (born February 10, 1966) is an American former professional American football, football player (running back/Fullback (gridiron football), fullback) who is currently the executive vice president of football operati ...

(born 1966), American National Football League commentator and former player *

Daryl Katz Daryl Allan Katz (; born May 31, 1961) is a Canadian billionaire businessman. Katz is the founder and chairman of the Katz Group of Companies, one of Canada's largest privately owned enterprises, with pharmacy, sports & entertainment, and real es ...

(born 1961), Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist * Daryl Kerrigan, Irish-born American fashion-designer *

Daryl Koehn Daryl Koehn (born November 5, 1955) is an American philosopher and the Wicklander Chair in Professional Ethics at DePaul University. She is the co-editor-in-chief of '' Business and Professional Ethics Journal'' and managing director of the Ins ...

(born 1955), American philosopher *

Daryl Lindsay Sir Ernest Daryl Lindsay (31 December 1889 – 25 December 1976), known as Dan Lindsay, was an Australian artist. Early life He was the youngest son in a large family born to Anglo-Irish surgeon Robert Charles Alexander and Jane Elizabeth Linds ...

(1889–1976), Australian artist *

Daryl Macon Daryl Macon Jr. (born November 29, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for Holmes Community College and the Arkansas Razorbacks. Ea ...

(born 1995), American basketball player for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

of the

Daryl Mack Daryl Linnie Mack (August 28, 1958 – April 26, 2006) was an American man who was executed in Nevada for murder. Mack was sentenced to death for the October 1988 rape and murder of Betty Jane May in Reno. The murder went unsolved for twelve years ...

(1958–2006), American convicted murderer * Daryl Mitchell, multiple people *

Daryl Morey Daryl Morey (born September 14, 1972) is an American basketball executive who is the president of basketball operations of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His basketball philosophy, heavily reliant on analyt ...

(born 1972), American sports executive *

Daryl Murphy Daryl Michael Murphy (born 15 March 1983) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Murphy began his career at Waterford United, having previously played youth football for Waterford-based side Southend United and Eng ...

(born 1983), Irish footballer *

Daryl Ong Daryl Neilsonn Ong (born March 24, 1987) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after joining the singing competition ''The Voice of the Philippines''. When Ong sang his blind audition piece "Paano" (original by Gary Valenciano ...

(born 1987), Filipino singer *

Daryl Roth Daryl Roth (born December 21, 1944) is an American theatre producer who has produced over 90 productions on and off Broadway. Most often serving as a co-producer or investor, Roth has also been a lead producer of Broadway shows such as '' Kinky ...

(born 1944), American theatre producer *

Daryl Sabara Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' film series, and for a variety of television and film appearances, first as a child actor and continuing into adult r ...

(born 1992), American actor *

Daryl Schmitt Daryl Schmitt is an American politician and member of the Indiana Senate from the 48th district. He was sworn in to replace Mark Messmer Mark Alan Messmer (born December 16, 1967) is an American politician who has served as the United States ...

, American politician * Daryl Janet Shandro, Canadian politician *

Daryl Somers Daryl Paul Somers (né Schulz; 6 August 1951) is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program ' ...

(born 1951), Australian entertainer *

Daryl Joy Walters Daryl Joy Walters is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 4th district, representing Caddo Parish. She assumed office on January 8, 2024. Early life and education Walters is a ...

, American politician *

Daryl Watts Daryl Watts (born May 15, 1999) is a Canadian ice hockey player currently playing for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). While a member of the Boston College Eagles, Watts was awarded the 21st Patty Kazmaier Aw ...

(born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player

Daryll

Daryll Clark Daryll Lawrence Clark (born February 5, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback. He was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a free agent in 2010. He played collegiately ...

(born 1986), football quarterback *

Daryll Cullinan Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967) is a former South African first-class cricketer who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. He was regarded as the most gifted batsman of his generation a ...

(born 1967), former South African cricketer *

Daryll Hill Daryll Hill (born July 31, 1982) is an American former basketball player from Queens, New York. He played at Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens. He went on to play basketball at St. John's University in Jamaica, Queens. At St. John's he le ...

(born 1982), American former basketball player *

Daryll Jones Daryll Jones (born March 23, 1962) is an American former professional football safety in the National Football League (NFL). Early life and college Jones was born Daryll Keith Jones on March 23, 1962 in Georgia. He played at the collegiate le ...

(born 1962), American former National Football League player *

Daryll Neita Daryll Saskia Neita (born 29 August 1996) is a British sprinter. She won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships along with bronze in the 100 metres at the 2022 European Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games and i ...

(born 1996), British sprinter *

Daryll Reddington This is a list of cricketers who have played First-class cricket, first-class, List A cricket, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Otago cricket team. Otago played its first representative match in January 1864 against Southland cricket team, Sout ...

(born 1972), New Zealand cricketer

Darryll

Darryll Holland Darryll Paul Holland (born 14 June 1972 in Manchester, England) is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston. In 1991 he was the British Champion Apprentice and won t ...

(born 1972), English jockey *

Darryll Lewis Darryll Lamont Lewis (born December 16, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as t ...

(born 1968), American former National Football League player

Fictional characters

* Darryl, a Brawler in ''

Brawl Stars ''Brawl Stars'' is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell (company), Supercell. The game was released worldwide on 12 December 2018, on iOS an ...

'' * Darryl, two brothers on the American television series ''

Newhart ''Newhart'' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. The series stars Bob Newhart and Mary Frann as an author and his wife, respe ...

'' * Daryl, the main character in the 1985

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

movie

D.A.R.Y.L. ''D.A.R.Y.L.'' is a 1985 science fiction adventure film directed by Simon Wincer and written by David Ambrose, Allan Scott, and Jeffrey Ellis. It stars Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, and Barret O ...

* Daryl, a character in the movie 2021 American anthology horror movie ''

Bad Candy ''Bad Candy'' is a 2021 American anthology horror film directed by Scott B. Hansen and Desiree Connell. It stars Zach Galligan, Derek Russo, and Corey Taylor. Plot Bad Candy follows local Halloween stories of both myth and lessons learned in the ...

'' * Sheriff Daryl Blubs, a character in ''

Gravity Falls ''Gravity Falls'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery television comedy, comedy animated television series created by Alex Hirsch for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines (Jason Ritter) and his twi ...

'' *

Darryl Braxton Darryl "Brax" Braxton is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Steve Peacocke. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 16 February 2011. The character was created and introd ...

, on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' * Daryl Coopersmith, a character in the 1987 American teen movie ''

Adventures in Babysitting ''Adventures in Babysitting'' (also known as ''A Night on the Town'' in certain countries) is a 1987 American teen comedy film written by David Simkins and directed by Chris Columbus in his directorial debut. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Keith C ...

'' * Darrel "Darry" Curtis, a character in the 1967 coming-of-age novel ''

The Outsiders The Outsiders may refer to: Literature and stage * ''The Outsiders'' (novel), a 1967 novel by S. E. Hinton * ''The Outsiders'' (musical), a 2023 musical based on S. E. Hinton's novel * ''The Outsiders'' (play), a 1911 play by Charles Klein * ...

'' *

Daryl Dixon Daryl Dixon is a fictional character from AMC's horror drama series '' The Walking Dead'', and the protagonist of its last three seasons, replacing Rick Grimes. The character was created for the television series by writers Frank Darabont, C ...

, on the American television series ''The Walking Dead'' * Darryl MacPherson, a character from the

comic strip A comic strip is a Comics, sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often Serial (literature), serialized, with text in Speech balloon, balloons and Glossary of comics terminology#Captio ...

and 2000–2002 TV series ''

Baby Blues Baby Blues may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Baby Blues'' (comic strip), created and produced by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott * ''Baby Blues'' (1941 film), an ''Our Gang'' short * ''Baby Blues'' (2008 film), a horror film * ''Baby Blue ...

'' * Darryl Jenks, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film ''

Coming to America ''Coming to America'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio ...

'' * Darryl McGee, a character in ''

The Ghost and Molly McGee , creator = Bill Motz and Bob Roth , showrunner = Bill Motz and Bob Roth , voices = {{Plainlist, * Ashly Burch * Dana Snyder * Jordan Klepper * Sumalee Montano * Michaela Dietz * Lara Jill Miller , the ...

'' *

Darryl Morris (Charmed) ''Charmed'' is an American television series that was originally broadcast by The WB for eight seasons from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006. The series narrative follows a trio of sisters, known as the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good w ...

, on the American television series ''Charmed'' * Darryl Morton, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *

Darryl Philbin ''The Office'' is an American television series based on the British television comedy of the same name. The format of the series is a parody of the fly on the wall documentary technique that intersperses traditional situation comedy segments ...

, on the American television series ''The Office'' * Daryl Tanaka, a character in the 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movie ''

My Girl 2 ''My Girl 2'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film. A sequel to the 1991 film '' My Girl'', it was directed by Howard Zieff from a screenplay written by Janet Kovalcik, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky and Austin O'Brie ...

Other uses

* ''

'', a 1985 science fiction film * ''

Daryl Darryl is a given name, a variant spelling of Darell. Variations of this name include: Daryl, Daryll, Darryll, and Darrel. People Darryl * Darryl Brown (West Indian cricketer) (born 1973) * Darryl Brown (South African cricketer) (born 1983) ...

'', a controversial 2009 comedy skit by Dan Harmon

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