Given name & surname
Daire
“a wealthy man”
Daire is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 272
- 261 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,535 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,535 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 226 as a first name in 2020; 322 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Daire’s family of names
Daire has a related form in Dari. Daire has a related form in Dary. Daire has a related form in Dare.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Daire
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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