Derry (given name)

Derry is a male given name, often an abbreviation of Diarmuid or its anglicisiation Dermot. It can also be a diminutive of Alexander. Among those with the name are:


 * Derry Beckett (1919–1959), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
 * Derry Brabbs (born 1947), British landscape photographer and author
 * Derry Clarke, Irish celebrity chef
 * Derry Gowen (1933–2017), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
 * Derry Grehan (born 1957), Canadian guitarist with Honeymoon Suite
 * Derry Hayes (1927–2005), Irish hurler
 * Derry Herlangga (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
 * Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg (born 1940), British lawyer, judge, and political figure
 * Derry Quinn (1918–1987), English screenwriter and novelist
 * Derry Mathews (born 1983), English lightweight boxer
 * Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 1937), British photographer
 * Derry Murkin (born 1999), English footballer
 * Derry O'Sullivan (born 1944), Irish poet
 * Derry Pemberton (born 1971), U.S. Virgin Islands sprinter
 * Derry Power (born 1935), Irish actor in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
 * Derry Rachman (born 1994), Indonesian footballer
 * Derry Ross (born 1996), computer scientist
 * Derry Scherhant (born 2002), German footballer
 * Derry Wilkie (1941–2001), British singer with Derry and the Seniors