Dervla

Dervla and Derval are female Irish given names, anglicised from Deirbhile and Dearbháil, respectively. Dearbhla is a Gaelicised hybrid of the two names.^[1] Deirbhile means 'daughter of the filí' [poet]. Dearbháil, a common medieval name,^[2][3] may mean 'daughter of Fál', Fál being a poetic name for Ireland;^[2] or else 'true desire'.^[4]

People with these names include:

Deirbhile, Dervla

• Darbiled or Deirbhile, an anchoress who founded a monastery at Erris in the sixth century
• Dervla Kirwan (born 1971) Irish actress
• Dervla Murphy (1931–2022) Irish travel writer
• Dervla Burke, musician in the country band Crystal Swing
• Dervla Magennis, contestant in series 1 of The Voice of Ireland

Derbáil, Dearbháil, Dearbhail, Derval

• Dearbháil iníon Tadhg mac Cathal (died 925), aunt of Cathal mac Conchobair, king of Connacht
• Derval O'Rourke (born 1981), sprint hurdler
• Derval Symes, visual artist

Dearbhla

• Dearbhla Walsh, film and television director
• Dearbhla Molloy (born 1946), actress

Fictional

• Dearbhla Dillon, character in the soap opera Fair City
• Dervla Nolan, character in the novel Dead Famous
• Dervla Dove, child character in the novel Flight of the Doves
• Harrower Dervla, a boss in the video game Lords of the Fallen