Derry (given name)

Derry is a male given name, often an abbreviation of Diarmuid or its anglicisation 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 (1944–2025), 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 Scherhant (born 2002), German footballer
• Derry Wilkie (1941–2001), British singer with Derry and the Seniors

See also

• Derry (surname)
• Derry (disambiguation)