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Type Surname (from given name & from nickname)
Usage Irish, English

Meaning & History

English variant of Deary, or alternatively a nickname for a merchant or tradesman, from Anglo-French darree ‘pennyworth’, from Old French denree.
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Doiridh, the name of an eccesiastical family from Donegal, meaning ‘descendant of Doireadh’. Derry is often confused with Deery.
Added 12/10/2011 by Lori Coberley
Edited 7/6/2017 by LMS