Given name & surname
Darragh
“a wise woman”·“from the oak tree”·“from the dark oak tree”
In English use, Darragh has a related form in Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Darragh is a variant of Darrah. One interpretation is “from the dark oak tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Darragh has a related form in Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Darragh is a variant of Darrah. One interpretation is “from the dark oak tree.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Irish Ó Dubhdarach (“descendant of Dubhdarach”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darragh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 300
- 265 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,405 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +66%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,405 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 65.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 442 as a first name in 2020; 1,258 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.
Darragh’s family of names
In English usage, Darragh has a related form in Dara. Darragh has a related form in Darrah. In English usage, Darragh has a related form in Darrah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Darragh
- Darragh LenihanIrish association football playerborn 1994
- Darragh O'BrienIrish Fianna Fáil politicianborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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