Given name & surname
Daray
“a dark-skinned man”
Daray is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a dark-skinned man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a dark-skinned man.”
Where it comes from
Daray is a variant of Darcie. An origin associated with Darcie is English.
Explained through its name family
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
Daray through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 66 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 138 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.
Daray’s family of names
Daray has a related form in Darcie. Daray has a related form in Darae. Daray has a related form in Darai.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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