Darrough: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Darrough is a familiar spelling of the Irish name Darrow. Name scholars give the meaning as “The son of Dubhdarach (black man of the oak)”.

• Darrough is built on the same root as Darrow, with the ending -ugh.
• 833 Americans were listed as Darrough in the 2010 census. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.
• Related forms: Darragh and Darrah.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Darrough, so the heraldry linked to Darrow is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Darrough family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.