Darwyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAR-win
- Origin
- Old English
Darwyn is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “dear friend”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Darwyn mean?
Old English: spelling of Darwin, from the Old English name Deorwine
“dear friend”
A spelling of Darwin; Charles Darwin set out the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Is Darwyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Darwyn is a boys' name.
How popular is Darwyn in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1935, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Darwyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Darwyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 67 | #750 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
Names like Darwyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edwin, Edward, David, Franklin, Dennis, Alvin, Dean, Martin, William, Norman, Thomas, John
Names related to Darwyn
More Old English names
Alfie, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Darwyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darwyn, updated 20 October 2026.