Darbys

Proper noun

Darby (countable and uncountable, plural Darbys)

1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, . Cork University Press., →ISBN, page 8
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
   • "You could always pick names, Thomas. I remember women you turned down because you didn't like their names. Gorgeous, hot women, but with flat names. Darby. Has a nice, erotic touch to it. What a name.1992, John Grisham, The Pelican Brief, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 52
4. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Idaho.
5. A town in Ravalli County, Montana.
6. An unincorporated community in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

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