Comments for the name Darby

The Celtic usage meaning is "free man".

This is also a kind of large trowel for levelling concrete.

This is the heroine's name in "The Pelican Brief", a book by John Grisham.

I'm a female Darby, and have discovered that there are some pretty bizare meanings of the name.
Darbies are manacles.
A Darby is both a large trowel for leveling concrete and a tool for leveling ceilings.
However, my mother named me after the Abraham Darby Rose. I think I prefer that namesake. Being named after manacles would be rather weird.

I love the sound of the name Darby. Boy or girl I am not sure about though. I kind of lean towards girl.

Darby for a girl was used briefly during the 1990's, rating 816 on the top 1000 list. For a boy it was used briefly during the 1970's, rating 984 on the top 1000 list.

Darby Carmichael, main character in the book Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua. Very good book, I recommend it.

Patrick Dempsey named one of his twin sons Darby Galen.

I know two Darbys. Although I prefer the spelling Darbie I still like this name a lot.

I have met 3 Darby's. 2 spelled their name Darby, and the other Darbie. I much prefer Darbie.

I find the name ugly, and it sounds utterly masculine to me. The name would be horrible on females, even the somewhat masculine ones. Darcy sounds feminine to me, though, but this name reminds me of the masculine name Darwin, which is actually a pretty good name. Somehow this one just makes me think of very annoying and snobby Brits.

I'm a Darby, female, born in 1943, USA. I love the name! Years ago I did a bit of research on it's origins and discovered that one of the meanings, in old Celtic, is freeborn, or more elaborately, born free of envy. I do believe I also saw that it is related to Jeremiah, but I do not remember the source. The English meaning is deer park. I am lucky to have married a man of Italian heritage who's name means vegetable farmer!

Darby Crash, real name Jan Paul Beahm, was the vocalist for one of the greatest L.A punk bands, The Germs.

Darby is the little red haired girl in the My Friends Tigger & Pooh show. It is hinted that she might be Christopher Robin's little sister.

Darby Shaw was the name of the main character in John Grisham's "The Pelican Brief" She was portrayed by Julia Roberts in the movie.

Darby McGill, Sean Connery's character in a very early Disney live action/cartoon animation blend called Darby McGill and the Little People.

It's actually Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Sean Connery's character is Michael McBride and Albert Sharpe plays Darby O'Gill.