Given name & surname
Dare
“a wealthy man”
Dare is a variant of Daire. One Irish interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dare is a variant of Daire. One Irish interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dare is a variant of Daire. An origin associated with Daire is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dare through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 128
- 63 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 12 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 476 as a first name in 2020; 3,190 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.
Dare’s family of names
Dare has a related form in Daire. In English usage, Dare as a surname has a related form in DEAR. In Greek usage, Dare as a surname is a transliteration of Δαρέ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Dare
- Dare VršičSlovenian footballerborn 1984
- Dare RoseAmerican swimmerborn 2002
- Dare BernotOlympic canoeist (1933–1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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