Meaning and Origin of: Derry

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Redhead

Girl name variations

Deree
Derey
Deri
Derie
Derree
Derrey
Derri
Derrie
Dery

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Ruler

Boy name variations

Derek
Derik
Dirk
Derick
Derrick
Derrik
Derrike
Derych
Derex

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant of Deary, or alternatively a nickname for a merchant or tradesman, from Anglo-French darree ‘pennyworth’, from Old French denree.
  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Doiridh, the name of an eccesiastical family from Donegal, meaning ‘descendant of Doireadh’. Derry is often confused with Deery.