Given name & surname
Darra
“a wise woman”·“from the oak tree”·“from the dark oak tree”
Darra is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Darra is a variant of Darrah. One interpretation is “from the dark oak tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darra is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Darra is a variant of Darrah. One interpretation is “from the dark oak tree.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 510
- 0 boys · 510 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 20 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 girls is 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 539 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.
Darra’s family of names
Darra has a related form in Dara. Darra has a related form in Darrah. In Greek usage, Darra as a surname is a transliteration of Δάρρα.
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.
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