Darell is a spelling of Darrell, an English surname of Norman origin that goes back to d'Airelle, "from Airelle", a place in Calvados in Normandy. Darrell and Daryl were widely used in mid-century America, and the single-l spelling is a lighter variant. Darell stood at number 2390 in 2000, moved between number 1875 and number 3710 over the past decade and climbed to number 1828 in 2025, its highest rank on record.