Name origin?

My name is Darrel, and I've always disliked my name for sounding to plain. I just wanted to know if anybody knew its origin, and also, if it's a common name.

Google is your friend: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Darrel , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl .

Thanks for the info. Just out of curiosity, what are the name origins of some of the people here in this forum?

"Just out of curiosity, what are the name origins of some of the people here in this forum?"

Just out of malice: this isn't a forum for talking about name origins. Get lost!

<< Just out of malice: this isn't a forum for talking about name origins. Get lost! >>

These type of questions can be very much related to languages.

<< Get LOst >>

Not practical.

Skippy is one who skips... Maybe a Skipper... My real name comes from a Germanic name brought to England by the Normans meaning "brave spear." Pretty cool, eh?

Where does my name come from?

gerard is talking parrot in a novel by michael chricton. that's all I know about that name

You don't know if your name is common or not? I think "Darrell" was a more common name for boys born in the fifties or sixties since I have encountered that name more with people who are probably in their forties and fifties in the US. Some names are more common in certain generations.
I think of Darrell in Eddie Murphy's movie "Coming to America".
Girls named Alma, Zelma, Selma may sound modern now, but those kinds of names were popular just over a hundred years ago.