Darren

plural Darrens · alternative Daren · alternative Darin · alternative Darrin

1. A male given name originating as a coinage.

   Darren was a beautiful youth, strong and well made.

   1959, Gwen Bristow, Celia Garth, Crowell, page 15

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   One of those awful names, Gareth or Darren - no, Jason.

   1998 Barbara Vine ( Ruth Rendell ), The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, page 315

   'Could you tell me a little about Darren?' I asked. She certainly could. All children called Darren, Wayne, Jason, Tracy, Kirsty or Kylie are destined for misery and several unsuccessful attempts at suicide.

   2012, Theodore Dalrymple, If Symptoms Persist

2. rareA place name.

   About the middle of the sixteenth century, Darren, and the adjoining mine of Cwm Symlog, were extensively and profitably worked […]

   1837 The Saturday Magazine, John William Parker, v.10 (1837), page 94 ("Silver Mines in Great Britain")

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   […] the sun shone down merrily on the green woods of Darren, the bright Liffey tumbled joyously down by bank and brake, and a joyous peal of bells rang out to welcome the happy bridal of the Lady of Darren and her handsome lover, Sir Brian Courtenay.

   1862 Illustrated Dublin Journal, James Duffy, page 216 ( "The Lady of Darren")

plural Darrens · alternative Daren · alternative Darin · alternative Darrin

1. derogatoryslangA middle-aged white man exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege.
2. broadlyderogatoryAny person, especially male, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement.
3. A secondary or third form of calling a person (male) a "Kevin".