Darrell is a given name derived from an English surname, which was derived from

Norman-French Norman or Norman French (, french: Normand, Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a Romance language which can be classified as one of the Langues d'oïl, Oïl languages along with French language, French, Picard language, Picard and Walloon language, ...

, 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. Darrell may refer to:

Sports

* Darrell Allums (born 1958), American basketball player *

Darrell Armstrong Darrell Eugene Armstrong (born June 22, 1968) is a former American professional basketball player, who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He is currently an assistant coach for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, who won the cham ...

, NBA basketball player *

Darrell Campbell Darrell Campbell (born July 6, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) is a defensive tackle on the Portland Thunder of the Arena Football League. Early life Darrell attended Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, where he was a participant in foo ...

, American football defensive tackle on the practice squad of the Chicago Bears *

Darrell Clarke Darrell James Clarke (born 16 December 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who played in the English Football League. He is the manager of club Port Vale. A box-to-box midfielder, Clarke began his career with ...

, manager of Bristol Rovers football club *

Darrell Daniels Darrell Daniels (born November 22, 1994) is an American football tight end for the San Antonio Brahmas. He played college football at Washington and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Early years Daniels pla ...

, American football player *

Darrell Evans Darrell Wayne Evans (born May 26, 1947) is a former American baseball player, coach and manager. He played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), beginning his career as a third baseman with the Atlanta Braves (1969–1976, 1989), alternatin ...

, former third baseman and first baseman in Major League Baseball * Darrell Green, cornerback for the Washington Redskins from 1983 to 2002 *

Darrell Griffith Darrell Steven Griffith (born June 16, 1958), also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is an American former basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association from 1980 to 1991 ...

, former NBA basketball player who spent his entire career with the Utah Jazz *

Darrell Jackson Darrell Lamont Jackson (born December 6, 1978) is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons during the 2000s. Jackson played college football for ...

, American football wide receiver currently playing for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League * Darrell Johnson, Major League Baseball catcher and manager *

Darrell Henderson Darrell Henderson Jr. (born August 19, 1997) is an American football running back who is a free agent. He played college football at Memphis, and was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Early years Henders ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Darrell Hogan Darrell Trayler Hogan (July 2, 1926 – April 6, 2016) was an American football player who played five seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Hogan attended Hot Wells High School in Hot Wells, Texas. He first enrolle ...

, American football player *

Darrell May Darrell Kevin May (born June 13, 1972) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. Career May's professional baseball career began when the Atlanta Braves drafted him in the 46th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. ...

, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins *

Darrell Porter Darrell Ray Porter (January 17, 1952 – August 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1971 to 1987 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, and Texas Ran ...

, Major League Baseball catcher * Darrell Royal, College Football Hall of Fame member, and is the winningest football coach in University of Texas Longhorn history *

Darrell Russell (dragster driver) Darrell J. Russell (September 20, 1968 – June 27, 2004) was an American National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racer. He was the 2001 NHRA Rookie Of The Year. At the time, he was the third driver to win in his Professional class debut. ...

, NHRA drag racer *

Darrell Russell (American football) Darrell Anthony Russell, Jr. (May 27, 1976 – December 15, 2005) was an American football defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He died in a car crash near Los Angeles after bein ...

, two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman for the Oakland Raid the NFL who died in a car crash *

Darrell Stewart (American football) Darrell Stewart Jr. (born July 14, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Michigan State. Early years During his career at Nimitz High ...

(born 1996), American football player * Darrell Taylor (born 1997), American football player * Darrell Walker (born 1961), American professional basketball coach and retired player * Darrell Wallace, former Canadian Football League player *

Darrell Wallace Jr. William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity ...

, NASCAR driver *

Darrell Waltrip Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American motorsports analyst, author, former national television broadcaster, and stock car driver. He raced from 1972 to 2000 in the NASCAR Cup Series (known as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series dur ...

, NASCAR driver and commentator * Darrell Williams (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league footballer, coach and administrator * Darrell Williams (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier LeaguEstate. Gemmfkdkg

Arts and entertainment

* Darrell Eastlake, Australian radio and television presenter * Darrell Evans (musician), American Christian musician and songwriter * Darrell Hammond, American actor and comedian *

Darrell Larson Darrell Ray Larson (born December 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor who appeared in the 1990 action/comedy film ''Men at Work''. Larson's work includes roles in ''The Student Nurses'' (1970), ''Kotch'' (1971), '' The Magnifice ...

, American actor * Timothy Darrell Russ, American actor * Darrell Scott, American country singer-songwriter *

Darrell Sheets ''Storage Wars'' (stylized as ''STORAGE WAR$'') is an American reality television competition series that airs on A&E. It initially aired for 12 seasons, from December 1, 2010, to January 30, 2019. A 13th season premiered in April 2021. When ...

, American auctioneer and cast member of ''Storage Wars'' * Darrell Sweet (musician), Scottish hard rock drummer *

Darrell K. Sweet Darrell K. Sweet (August 15, 1934 – December 5, 2011) was a professional illustrator best known for providing cover art for science fiction and fantasy novels, in which capacity he was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1983. Life and career Sweet ...

, American science fiction and fantasy illustrator *

Darrell Winfield Darrell H. Winfield (July 30, 1929 – January 12, 2015) was an American rancher and Model (person), model best known as "The Marlboro Man" in television commercials and magazine Advertising, advertisements for Marlboro (cigarette), Marlboro cigar ...

, American rancher and model *

Darrell Zwerling Darrell Zwerling (September 9, 1928 – April 11, 2014) was an American character actor in film and television. His most famous role was Hollis Mulwray, the unfortunate Water Authority Commissioner (the husband of Faye Dunaway's character) in Roma ...

, American actor

Other fields

Darrell Blocker Darrell M. Blocker is a former American intelligence officer who served for 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. He held prominent positions including deputy director of the Counterterrorism Center (CTC), Chief of Africa Division, and Ch ...

, nicknamed "The Spy Whisperer", CIA agent * Darrell Issa, American politician *

Darrell Long Darrell Don Earl Long is an American computer scientist and computer engineer who is Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair of Storage Systems Research and Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Darrell Keith Rich Darrell Keith Rich (February 14, 1955 – March 15, 2000), known as The Hilltop Rapist, was an American serial killer who murdered three women and an 11-year-old girl in Redding, California between June and August 1978. He was sentenced to deat ...

(1955–2000), Native American serial killer

In fiction

* Darrell Rivers, the protagonist of Enid Blyton series ''

Malory Towers ''Malory Towers'' is a series of six novels by English children's author Enid Blyton. The series is based on a girls' boarding school that Blyton's daughter attended, Benenden School, which relocated during World War II to the Hotel Bristol i ...

With the surname

* Dimebag Darrell (1966–2004), American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter * Norris Darrell, attorney

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