Darryl is an English name, a variant spelling of
Darell.
Male variations of this name include: Darlin, Daryl, Darrell, Darryl, Daryll, Darryll, Darrell, Darrel.
Female and unisex variations of this name include: Daryl, Darian, Dareen, Darelle, Darlleen, Darrelle, and Darryl.
People
Darryl
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Darryl Brown (West Indian cricketer)
Darryl Brown (born 18 December 1973, McBean, Trinidad) is a former West Indian cricket team, West Indian cricketer who played three One Day International, ODIs in 2001–02.
References
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1973 births
Living people
West Indies One Day Intern ...
(born 1973)
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Darryl Brown (South African cricketer)
Darryl Brown (born 25 March 1983) is a South African cricketer. He was included in the Border cricket team
Border is the team representing the Border region in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898. ...
(born 1983)
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Darryl Byrd
Darryl Terrence Byrd (born September 3, 1960) is a former American football linebacker who played three seasons with the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Cham ...
(born 1960), American former football player
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Darryl Cunningham
Darryl Cunningham (born 1960) is a British author and cartoonist who has written the books ''Science Tales'' (also known, in the US, as ''How to Fake a Moon Landing''), ''Psychiatric Tales'', ''The Age of Selfishness'' and ''Billionaires: The Liv ...
(born 1960), English cartoonist (see also Daryl Cunningham below)
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Darryl David
David Darryl Wilson (born 1970), often known as Darryl David, is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ang Mo Kio–Hougang division of Ang Mo Ki ...
(born 1971), a member of the Singapore Parliament
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Darryl Dawkins
Darryl R. Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He was particularly known for his tenure with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he als ...
(1957–2015), American National Basketball Association player
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Darryl Drake
Darryl Drake (December 11, 1956 – August 11, 2019) was an American football player and coach. His career spanned four decades, including stints as the wide receivers coach of the Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals, and Pittsburgh Steelers of ...
(1956–2019), American football coach and player
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Darryl George
Darryl Roy George (born 14 March 1993) is an Australian professional baseball player for the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
On 28 N ...
(born 1993), Australian baseball player
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Darryl Hamilton
Darryl Quinn Hamilton (December 3, 1964 – June 21, 2015) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1988 and 2001 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Colorado R ...
(1964–2015), American Major League Baseball player
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Darryl Hardy
Darryl Gerrod Hardy (born November 22, 1968) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at the University of Tennessee.
E ...
(born 1968), American former National Football League player
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Darryl Henley
Darryl Keith Henley (born October 30, 1966) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1989 NFL draft out of UCLA. In his career, he played in 76 games and amassed 12 in ...
(born 1966), American former National Football League player convicted of drug trafficking and attempted murder
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Darryl Hickman
Darryl Gerard Hickman (born July 28, 1931) is an American former actor, screenwriter, television executive, and acting coach. He started his career as a child actor in the Golden Age of Hollywood and appeared in numerous TV serials as an adult. ...
(born 1931), American actor and television executive
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Darryl Hill, multiple people
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D. L. Hughley
Darryl Lynn Hughley (; born March 6, 1963) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Hughley is best known as the original host of BET's ''ComicView'' from 1992 to 1993, the eponymous character on the ABC/ UPN sitcom ''The Hughleys'', and as ...
(born 1963), American actor, political commentator, radio host, author and stand-up comedian
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Darryl Johnson (disambiguation) Darryl, Daryl or Darrell Johnson may also refer to: Sports
*Darryl Johnson (basketball) (born 1965), American basketball player
*Daryl Johnson (born 1946), American football defensive back
*Darryl Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American fo ...
, multiple people
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Darryl Jones (disambiguation) Darryl Jones
Darryl Jones (born December 11, 1961) is an American bass guitarist. He has been recording and touring with the Rolling Stones since 1993. He has also played in bands with Miles Davis and Sting, among others.
Career
Darryl Jones ...
, multiple people
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Darryl Kile
Darryl Andrew Kile (December 2, 1968 – June 22, 2002) was an American professional baseball starting pitcher. He pitched from 1991 to 2002 for three Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, primarily for the Houston Astros. Kile was known for his shar ...
(1968–2002), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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Darryl Kurylo
Darryl Hughes Kurylo (born November 17, 1965) is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the ''Yakuza'' video game series in the English versions of the game, as well as Asher Mir in the 2 ...
(born 1965), American voice actor
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Darryl Lewis
Darryl Gerard Lewis (born April 16, 1961 in Mount Pleasant, Texas) is a former American football tight end who played one season with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the f ...
(born 1961), American football player (see also Darryll Lewis below)
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Darryl McDaniels
Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), better known by his stage name DMC, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Run-DMC, and is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture.
Early life
McDaniels grew ...
(born 1964), American musician, a founding member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C.
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Darryl Monroe
Darryl Monroe Jr. (born January 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Anyang KGC of the Korean Basketball League. A power forward/center, he played college basketball for Central Florida CC and George Mason University before ...
(born 1986), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...
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Darryl Morris (American football)
Darryl Eric Morris (born September 4, 1990) is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He played college football for Texas State. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2013.
Professional ca ...
(born 1990), American National Football League player
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Darryl Pinckney
Darryl Pinckney (born 1953 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American novelist, playwright, and essayist.
Early life
Pinckney grew up in a middle-class African-American family in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended local public schools. He wa ...
(born 1953), American novelist, playwright and essayist
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Darryl Sittler
Darryl Glen Sittler (born September 18, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings. He was ...
(born 1950), Canadian former National Hockey League player
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Darryl Stingley
Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player, a wide receiver whose career was ended at age 26 by an on-field spinal cord injury. He played his entire five-year career with the New England ...
(1951–2007), American National Football League player who suffered a career-ending spinal cord injury
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Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Eugene Strawberry (born March 12, 1962) is an American former professional baseball right fielder and author who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Throughout his career, Strawberry was one of the most feared sluggers in th ...
(born 1962), American former Major League Baseball outfielder
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Darryl Sutter
Darryl John Sutter (born August 19, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current head coach of the Calgary Flames. He is one of seven Sutter brothers, six of whom made the NHL ( Brent, Brian, Darryl, Duane, Rich, and Ro ...
(born 1958), Canadian former National Hockey League player and head coach
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Darryl Tapp
Darryl Anthony Tapp (born September 13, 1984) is a former American football defensive end and outside linebacker who played twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently an assistant defensive line coach for the San Franc ...
(born 1984), American National Football League player
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Darryl Wren
Daryl Tyrone Wren (born January 25, 1967) is a former American football defensive back who played two seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 1991 NFL Dr ...
(born 1967), American former football player
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Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of ...
(1902–1979), American film producer and studio executive
Daryl
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Daryl (magician)
Daryl Easton (August 13, 1955 – February 24, 2017), known professionally as Daryl and born Daryl Martinez, was an American magician based in Las Vegas. In his marketing he used the self-proclaimed title of "The Magician's Magician". Daryl usual ...
(1955–2017), American magician Daryl Easton
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Daryl Beattie
Daryl Beattie (born 26 September 1970 in Charleville, Queensland, Australia) is a former Grand Prix solo motorcycle road racer.
Motorsport career
Beattie posted several good results at the beginning of the 1992 500cc Grand Prix season then ...
(born 1970), Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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Daryl Braithwaite
Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also has a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including t ...
(born 1949), Australian singer
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Daryl Cunningham
Daryl Cunningham (born 25 November 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Cunningham, a utility, came from Ballarat Football League club Golden Point. He p ...
(born 1960), former Australian rules footballer
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Daryl Dragon
Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American musician, known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his then-wife, Toni Tennille.
Career
Born into a musical family, Dragon was the son of El ...
(1942–2019), American musician and songwriter, co-founder of the music duo Captain & Tennille
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Daryl Hall
Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B and soul singer and musician, best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Daryl Hall and John Oates (with guitarist and ...
(born 1946), American singer, musician, songwriter and producer, co-founder of the music duo Hall & Oates
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Daryl Hannah
Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film '' The Fury'' (1978). She has starred in various movies across the years, i ...
(born 1960), American actress and environmental activist
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Daryl Janmaat
Daryl Janmaat (born 22 July 1989) is a Dutch professional football official and a former player who played as a right back. He is the technical director of ADO Den Haag.
He began his career at ADO Den Haag, and went on to play for the Eredivi ...
(born 1989), Dutch footballer
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Daryl Johnston
Daryl Peter "Moose" Johnston (born February 10, 1966) is a former fullback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Syracuse University. He was the General Manager of the San Antonio Commanders of t ...
(born 1966), American National Football League commentator and former player
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Daryl Katz
Daryl Allan Katz (born May 31, 1961) is a Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Katz is founder and chairman of the Katz Group of Companies, one of Canada's largest privately-owned enterprises, with pharmacy, sports & entertainmen ...
(born 1961), Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist
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Daryl Lindsay
Sir Ernest Daryl Lindsay (31 December 1889, in Creswick, Victoria – 25 December 1976, in Mornington), known as Dan Lindsay, was an Australian artist.
Early life
He was the youngest son in a large family born to Anglo-Irish surgeon Robert Cha ...
(1889–1976), Australian artist
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Daryl Mack
Daryl Linnie Mack (August 28, 1958 – April 26, 2006) was an American man who was executed in Nevada for murder. Mack was sentenced to death for the October 1988 rape and murder of Betty Jane May in Reno, Nevada, Reno. The murder went unsolved fo ...
(1958–2006), American convicted murderer
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Daryl Mitchell, multiple people
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Daryl Morey
Daryl Morey (born September 14, 1972) is an American sports executive who is the president of basketball operations of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He co-founded the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Con ...
(born 1972), American sports executive
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Daryl Murphy
Daryl Michael Murphy (born 15 March 1983) is an Irish former professional footballer.
Murphy began his career at Waterford United, having previously played youth football for Waterford based side Southend United and English side Luton Town, whi ...
(born 1983), Irish footballer
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Daryl Ong
Daryl Neilsonn Ong (born March 24, 1987) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after joining the singing competition ''The Voice of the Philippines''.
When Ong sang his blind audition piece "Paano" (original by Gary Valenciano) ...
(born 1987), Filipino singer
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Daryl Sabara
Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' film series and for a variety of television and film appearances, including '' The Polar Express'', '' Wizards of Wa ...
(born 1992), American actor
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Daryl Somers
Daryl Paul Somers (né Schulz; 6 August 1951) is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program '' ...
(born 1951), Australian entertainer
Daryll
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Daryll Clark
Daryll Lawrence Clark (born February 5, 1986) is a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League as a free agent in 2010. He played collegiately for the Penn State Nittany Lions. Fro ...
(born 1986), football quarterback
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Daryll Cullinan
Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967) is a former South African first-class cricketer who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman. He was regarded as the most gifted batsman of his generation ...
(born 1967), former South African cricketer
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Daryll Hill
Daryll Hill (born July 31, 1982) is an American former basketball player from Queens, New York.
He played at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens. He went on to play basketball at St. John's University (Jamaica ...
(born 1982), American former basketball player
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Daryll Jones
Daryll Jones (born April 23, 1962) is a former safety in the National Football League (NFL).
Biography
Jones was born Daryll Keith Jones on March 23, 1962 in Georgia.
Career
Jones was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of th ...
(born 1962), American former National Football League player
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Daryll Reddington
Daryll Reddington (born 17 October 1972) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Otago. He was born in Queenstown.
Reddington, who had played two Challenge Matches i ...
(born 1972), New Zealand cricketer
Darryll
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Darryll Holland
Darryll Paul Holland (born 14 June 1972 in Manchester, England) is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston.
In 1991 he was the British Champion Apprentice and won the ...
(born 1972), English jockey
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Darryll Lewis
Darryll Lamont Lewis (born December 16, 1968) is an American retired professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL).
Lewis was born in Bellflower, California. After going to high school at Nogales Hig ...
(born 1968), American former National Football League player
Fictional characters
* Darryl, a Brawler in ''
Brawl Stars
''Brawl Stars'' is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by the Finnish video game company Supercell. It was released worldwide on December 12, 2018, on iOS and Android. The game feat ...
''
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Darryl Braxton, on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''
* Daryl Coopersmith, a character in the 1987 American teen movie ''
Adventures in Babysitting
''Adventures in Babysitting'' (also known as ''A Night on the Town'' in certain countries) is a 1987 American teen comedy film written by David Simkins and directed by Chris Columbus in his directorial debut. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coo ...
''
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Daryl Dixon
Daryl Dixon is a fictional character from AMC's horror drama series '' The Walking Dead''. The character was created for the television series by writers Frank Darabont, Charles H. Eglee and Jack LoGiudice specifically for Norman Reedus, and do ...
, on the American television series ''The Walking Dead''
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Darryl MacPherson, a character from the
comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...
and 2000–2002 TV series ''
Baby Blues
''Baby Blues'' is an American comic strip created and produced by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott since January 7, 1990. Distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995 until January 2022, and distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication as of Janu ...
''
* Darryl Jenks, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film ''
Coming to America
''Coming to America'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the lead role. The film also co-stars Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Head ...
''
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Darryl McGee
, creator = Bill Motz & Bob Roth
, voices = {{Plainlist,
* Ashly Burch
* Dana Snyder
* Jordan Klepper
* Sumalee Montano
* Michaela Dietz
, theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist,
* Michael Kramer
* Allie Feder
, opent ...
, a character in ''
The Ghost and Molly McGee
, creator = Bill Motz & Bob Roth
, voices = {{Plainlist,
* Ashly Burch
* Dana Snyder
* Jordan Klepper
* Sumalee Montano
* Michaela Dietz
, theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist,
* Michael Kramer
* Allie Feder
, opent ...
''
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Darryl Morris (Charmed)
''Charmed'' is an American television series that was originally broadcast by The WB for eight seasons from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006. The series narrative follows a trio of sisters, known as the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good w ...
, on the American television series ''Charmed''
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Darryl Morton
Darryl Shane Morton is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by former ''Grange Hill'' actor Jonathan Dixon, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 18 March 2007.
Cr ...
, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
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Darryl Philbin
''The Office (American TV series), The Office'' is an Television in the United States, American television series based on The Office (British TV series), the British television comedy of the same name. The format of the series is a parody of the ...
, on the American television series ''The Office''
* Daryl Tanaka, a character in the 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movie ''
My Girl 2
''My Girl 2'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky and Austin O'Brien. A sequel to '' My Girl'' (1991), its plot follows a now-teenaged Vada Sultenfuss, who travels from her home in suburban Pen ...
''
* Darryl, two brothers on the American television series ''
Newhart
''Newhart'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. The series stars Bob Newhart and Mary Frann as an author and his wife, ...
''
* Sheriff Daryl Blubs, a character in ''
Gravity Falls
''Gravity Falls'' is an American mystery comedy animated television series created by Alex Hirsch for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines (Jason Ritter) and his twin sister Mabel (Kristen Schaal) wh ...
''
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Bigfoot
Bigfoot, also commonly referred to as Sasquatch, is a purported ape-like creature said to inhabit the forest of North America. Many dubious articles have been offered in attempts to prove the existence of Bigfoot, including anecdotal claims o ...
's selfprofessed actual name in a Progressive Insurance TV commercial
*Character in the movie,
D.A.R.Y.L.
Other
* ''
D.A.R.Y.L.'', a 1985 science fiction film
* ''
Daryl
Darryl is an English name, a variant spelling of Darell.
Male variations of this name include: Darlin, Daryl, Darrell, Darryl, Daryll, Darryll, Darrell, Darrel.
Female and unisex variations of this name include: Daryl, Darian, Dareen, Darell ...
'', a controversial 2009 comedy skit by Dan Harmon
See also
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Darla (disambiguation)
{{given name
English unisex given names
English-language unisex given names