Darren
Darren is a common male given name of Irish origin in the English-speaking world with the meaning "large" or, according to another derivation, a variant of the first name Darrell . The name was originally a family name ; Darren has only been in use as a first name since the 20th century.
Name bearer
First name
- Darren Anderton (* 1972), English football player
- Darren Appleton (* 1978), English pool player
- Darren Aronofsky (* 1969), American film director and screenwriter
- Darren Barr (born 1985), Scottish football player
- Darren Barrett (* 1967), Canadian jazz trumpeter
- Darren Bent (* 1984), English soccer player
- Darren Lynn Bousman (* 1979), American director and screenwriter
- Darren Bundock (* 1971), Australian sailor
- Darren Campbell (* 1973), British athlete
- Darren Clark (born 1965), Australian athlete
- Darren Clarke (* 1968), Northern Irish professional golfer
- Darren Criss (* 1987), American actor and singer
- Darren Dalton (born 1965), American actor
- Darren Debono (* 1974), Maltese football player
- Darren Elias (* 1986), American poker player
- Darren Fenn (* 1980), American basketball player
- Darren Ferguson (born 1972), Scottish football player and coach
- Darren Fichardt (* 1975), South African professional golfer
- Darren Fletcher (* 1984), Scottish football player
- Darren Gough (born 1970), English cricketer
- Darren Hall (born 1965), English badminton player
- Darren Haydar (* 1979), Canadian ice hockey striker
- Darren Hayes (born 1972), Australian pop singer
- Darren Helm (* 1987), Canadian ice hockey striker
- Darren Huckerby (* 1976), English football player
- Darren Hughes (born 1965), English football player
- Darren James (* 1965), American porn actor
- Darren Jay (* 19 **), drum and bass producer and DJ
- Darren Jensen (* 1960), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Darren Kandler (* 1975), British rapper (Klashnekoff)
- Darren Lapthorne (* 1983), Australian cyclist
- Darren Le Tissier (* 1968), British badminton player
- Darren Lill (* 1982), South African racing cyclist
- Darren Manning (* 1975), British racing driver
- Darren Matthews (* 1968), British wrestler
- Darren McCarty (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Darren McCormack (born 1988), Scottish football player
- Darren McGavin (1922-2006), American actor
- Darren McGregor (born 1985), Scottish football player
- Darren O'Dea (born 1987), Irish football player
- Darren O'Neill (born 1985), Irish boxer
- Darren Pang (* 1964), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and sports commentator
- Darren Potter (born 1984), Irish football player
- Darren Purse (* 1977), English soccer player
- Darren Rumble (* 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- Darren Shan (* 1972), British-Irish fantasy and children's book author
- Darren Star (born 1961), American television director and producer
- Darren Styles (* 1975), English DJ
- Darren Sutherland (1982-2009), Irish boxer
- Darren Turcotte (* 1968), American ice hockey player
- Darren Van Impe (* 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
- Darren Ward (football player, 1974) , Welsh football goalkeeper
- Darren Ward (soccer player, 1978) , English soccer player
- Darren Woodson (born 1969), American football player
family name
- James Darren (born 1936), American singer, actor and director
- Kurt Darren (* 1970), South African musician and music producer