Given name
Darah
“a wise woman”·“from the oak tree”
Darah is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darah is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,085
- 0 boys · 1,085 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,378 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,378 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 922 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darah’s family of names
Darah has a related form in Dara. In English usage, Darah has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Дара.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Darah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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