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. Notable people with the name or its variants include:

Darby

 * Abiah Darby (1716–1794), English minister
 * 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
 * Abraham Darby IV (1804–1878), British ironmaster
 * Adrian Darby (born 1937), British environmentalist
 * Al Darby (born 1954), American football player
 * Alden Darby (born 1992), Canadian football defensive back
 * Angie Darby (born 1987), Australian modern pentathlete
 * Anthony Darby (born 1972), Australian footballer
 * Arthur Darby (1876–1960), British rugby union player
 * Brandon Darby (born 1976), American conservative blogger and activist
 * Brent Darby (1981–2011), American basketball player
 * Brett Darby (born 1983), English footballer
 * Byron Darby (born 1960), American football defensive end
 * Chad Darby (born 1981), American musician
 * Chris Darby (born 1950s), New Zealand politician in Auckland
 * Christopher Darby Griffith (1804–1885), British Member of parliament for Devizes
 * Chuck Darby (born 1975), American football player
 * Craig Darby (born 1972), American ice hockey center
 * Dick Darby (1919–1993), British Bishop of Sherwood
 * Douglas Darby (1910–1985), Australian politician
 * Drew Darby (born 1947), politician in Texas
 * Duane Darby (born 1973), English footballer
 * Edward Darby (1888–?), British World War I flying ace
 * Frank Darby (born 1997), American football player
 * George Darby (1720–1790), Anglo-Irish vice-admiral in the British Royal Navy
 * George Darby (baseball) (1869–1937), American baseball player
 * George Darby (politician) (1798–1877), British politician
 * Harry Darby (1895–1987), United States Senator
 * J. N. Darby, a pen-name of American juvenile fiction writer Christine N. Govan (1897–1985)
 * J. N. Darby, a pen-name of American author and naturalist Mary Q. Steele (1922–1992)
 * John Darby (NASCAR official), American NASCAR Cup Series race director
 * John Fletcher Darby (1803–1882), United States Congressman
 * John M. Darby (1804–1877), American botanist and academic
 * John Nelson Darby, British theologian, leader of the Plymouth Brethren, founder of the Darbyites and translator of the Darby Bible
 * Joseph Darby, American military policeman and whistleblower
 * Julian Darby (born 1967), English footballer
 * Kim Darby (born 1947), American actress
 * Mary Darby, maiden name of British poet Mary Robinson
 * Matthew Darby (born 1967), British conservationist and publisher
 * Newman Darby (1928–2016), American inventor
 * Rhys Darby (born 1974), New Zealand comedian and actor
 * Richard Darby, American attorney and judge; appointed Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court in April 2018
 * Séamus Darby (born 1950), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby (1750–1823), Anglo-Irish admiral in the British Royal Navy
 * Stephen Darby (born 1989), 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
 * Will Darby, American politician
 * William Darby (priest) (died 1791), Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland in the late nineteenth century
 * William J. Darby (1913–2001), American physician and nutrition scientist
 * William Orlando Darby (1911–1945), U.S. Army officer, commander of Darby's Rangers

D'Arby

 * Josie d'Arby (born 1972), British actress
 * Terence Trent D'Arby (born 1962), American singer-songwriter

Given name

 * Darby Allin (born 1997), American wrestler
 * Darby Bailey, American actress, musician, songwriter, writer/producer, and businesswoman
 * Darby Bannard (1934–2016), American abstract painter
 * Darby Bergin (1826–1896), Ontario physician and political figure
 * Darby Berkhout (born 1966), Canadian rower
 * Darby Brown (1929–1988), Australian boxer of the 1940s and '50s
 * Darby Camp (born 2007), American actress
 * Darby Conley (born 1970), American cartoonist creator of Get Fuzzy
 * Darby Cottle (born 1961), American softball player
 * Darby Cowgill (born 2011), Professional stupid
 * Darby Crash (1958–1980), American musician, from the band The Germs
 * Darby Dougherty, American actress in the film Gummo
 * Darby Dunn, American journalist and reporter
 * Darby Field (1610–1649), British, first European to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire
 * Darby Gould (born 1965), American vocalist
 * Darby Hendrickson (born 1972), American hockey player and coach
 * Darby Hinton (born 1957), American actor and filmmaker
 * Darby Jones (1910–1986), American actor
 * Darby Lloyd Rains (born 1948), American adult film performer
 * Darby Loudon (1897–1963), New Zealand-born rugby union player
 * Darby Lux II (1737–1795), American businessman, militiaman in the American Revolution
 * Darby McCarthy (1944–2020), Australian jockey
 * Darby McDevitt (born 1975), American game developer and writer
 * Darby Mills, Canadian rock vocalist
 * Darby Nelson (1940 –2022), American writer and politician
 * Darby O'Brien (1863–1893), American baseball player
 * Darby Penney (1952–2021), American writer, activist
 * Darby Riordan (1888–1936), Australian politician
 * Darby Slick (born 1944), American guitarist and songwriter
 * Darby Stanchfield (born 1971), American film and television actress
 * Darby W. Betts (1912–1998), American Episcopal priest
 * Darby Walker (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player

Fictional characters

 * Ernest Darby, on the television series Sons of Anarchy
 * Daniel J. D'Arby, from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series
 * Darby O'Gill, in the writings of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh
 * Darby Carter, on the television series Love Life as portrayed by Anna Kendrick
 * Darby Shaw, in the film The Pelican Brief played by Julia Roberts
 * Darby, a character who replaced Christopher Robin in the animated television show, My Friends Tigger and Pooh