Derry (given name)

Derry is a male given name, often an abbreviation of Diarmuid or its anglicisiation Dermot. It can also be a diminutive of Alexander. Among those with the name are:

Derry Beckett (1919–1959), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
Derry Brabbs (born 1947), British landscape photographer and author
Derry Clarke, Irish celebrity chef
Derry Gowen (1933–2017), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
Derry Grehan (born 1957), Canadian guitarist with Honeymoon Suite
Derry Hayes (1927–2005), Irish hurler
Derry Herlangga (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg (born 1940), British lawyer, judge, and political figure
Derry Quinn (1918–1987), English screenwriter and novelist
Derry Mathews (born 1983), English lightweight boxer
Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 1937), British photographer
Derry Murkin (born 1999), English footballer
Derry O'Sullivan (born 1944), Irish poet
Derry Pemberton (born 1971), U.S. Virgin Islands sprinter
Derry Power (born 1935), Irish actor in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Derry Rachman (born 1994), Indonesian footballer
Derry Ross (born 1996), computer scientist
Derry Scherhant (born 2002), German footballer
Derry Wilkie (1941–2001), British singer with Derry and the Seniors

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