Dervla
Dervla and Derval are female Irish given names, anglicised from Deirbhile and Dearbháil, respectively. Dearbhla is a Gaelicised hybrid of the two names. Deirbhile means 'daughter of the filí' . Dearbháil, a common medieval name, may mean 'daughter of Fál', Fál being a poetic name for Ireland; or else 'true desire'.
People with these names include:
Deirbhile, Dervla
- Darbiled or Deirbhile, an anchoress who founded a monastery at Erris in the sixth century
- Dervla Kirwan Irish actress
- Dervla Murphy 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, aunt of Cathal mac Conchobair, king of Connacht
- Derval O'Rourke, sprint hurdler
- Derval Symes, visual artist
Dearbhla
- Dearbhla Walsh, film and television director
- Dearbhla Molloy, 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''