Darren

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Darren a masculine given name of uncertain etymological origins. Some theories state that it originated from a Gaelic surname meaning "great", or from an anglicization of the Irish firstname Darragh or Dáire meaing "oak tree". According to other theories, it is a variant of Darrell, which originated from the French surname D'Airelle meaning "of Airelle". Darren has several spelling variations including: Daren, Darin, Daryn, Darrin, and Darryn.

In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during the 1970s but declined sharply afterwards.^[1]

People with the given name Darren

Sports

• Darren Bennett, played both Australian Rules football and American football professionally
• Darren Bent English football (soccer) player currently playing for Aston Villa
• Darren Braithwaite, British sprinter
• Darren Byfield, English football (soccer) playercurrently playing for Solihull Moors
• Darren Campbell, retired English sprint athlete
• Darren Collins, English football (soccer) player currently playing for Brackley Town
• Darren Clarke, Irish professional golfer.
• Darren Currie, English football (soccer) player currently playing for Hendon
• Darren Drozdov, retired professional wrestler who competed in the WWF from 1998 until 1999.
• Darren Ferguson, Scottish former football (soccer) player and currently manager
• Darren Fletcher, Scottish football (soccer) player currently playing for Manchester United
• Darren Gilford, Maltese athlete specializing in both the 100 metres and the 4x100 metre relay races
• Darren Gough, English cricketer
• Darren Huckerby, English former football (soccer) player
• Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league player
• Darren Lange, freestyle swimmer from Australia
• Darren Mackie Scottish football (soccer) player currently playing for Aberdeen
• Darren O'Dea, Irish football (soccer) player currently playing for Leeds United
• Darren Pang, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Chicago Blackhawks
• Darren Purse, English football (soccer) player currently playing for Plymouth Argyle
• Darren Ritchie, Scottish long jumper
• Darren Rumble, Canadian ice hockey defenseman
• Darren Sharper, American football free safety who plays for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League
• Darren Smith, Australian rugby league player
• Darren Turcotte, retired professional ice hockey player

Television, Film, Art

• Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker
• Darren Bennett (dancer), professional dancer
• Darren Bett, weatherman for the BBC
• Darren Boyd, British actor
• Darren Day, English actor, singer, and television presenter
• Darren Grant, American Film and Music Video Director
• Darren Jordon, main newsreader on BBC 1
• Darren McGavin, American actor
• James Darren, American television and film actor, television director, and singer
• Darren Osborne, character in British soap Hollyoaks
• Darren Star, American television/film producer and screenwriter
• Darren Leadfoot, also known as Shiny Wax, a character in Cars
• Darren Criss, American actor and singer, "Blaine Anderson" in "Glee"

Music

• DARREN, singer-songwriter
• Darren Hayes, singer-songwriter, formerly of the group Savage Garden
• Darren Jessee, drummer for the rock group Ben Folds Five
• Darren Miller, former singer for the electronic group backandtotheleft
• Darren Robinson (musician), guitarist and background singer in the Californian band Phantom Planet
• Darren Robinson (rapper), member of the 80s rap group The Fat Boys
• Darren Wilson, drummer of the Chicago-based indie-rock group The Hush Sound

Science

• Darren Naish, vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer

Writing

• Darren Shan, author of the Demonata series

See also

• Darron
• Derren

References

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External links

• Babynamesworld - Origin and Meaning of the Name Darren
• BehindtheName - Origin and History of the Name Darren