Darrell

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.....as in, Rivers.

Do you place emphasis on first or second syllable?

DA rul
Or
Da RELLE

First syllable. Have you seen the BBC version of Malory Towers?

First syllable. I'm friends with one.

First syllable. Like with Darren

Same for me. I remember reading it and thinking the poshest and best name in the world was Alicia. I idolised her. Looking back, weren’t they all just bloody awful?

DArul

Have you seen the BBC version of Malory Towers?

Mallory Towers was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this thread! I had no idea the BBC were doing this

First

sounds like a surname to me.
wouldn't be my choice.
but it's inoffensive.

DA-ruhl, like Darren

I have a friend who is spelt Darryl, lovley name. And you pronounce it the way it is spelt

That name is close to my husbands name.

I would spell it as Darryl

Rhymes with barrel.

DA-rul

Is there a thread to talk about the BBC show? I have lots of opinions.

And first syllable emphasis.

Thanks all!

We are not having a baby - this was off the back of seeing the BBC show. I knew a Darrell at university who pronounced it with emphasis on second syllable. I never really liked that but figured it was her name, so intrigued to hear pronunciation on BBC.

Darryl/ Darren are mostly male names, no?

I think they’re more or less entirely male names - the Blyton character is sort of named after Blyton’s real life husband! So a man. Maybe in the book Darrell is named after her father - do we ever find out his name?

First syllable for me, and I have never seen the programme, and just guessed at the pronunciation when I read the books 40-odd years ago.

Slightly off topic, I always did find it odd that Darrell had such an androgynous, surnamey name (at a time when other girls were still being named Daphne and Jean!) and her sister had such a frilly, girly one. I'd love to know whether the author imagined a back story to that or just plucked two names out of the air.

I know a male Darryl, rhyming with barrel. I've never heard the other pronunciation.