Given name & surname
Darrah
“from the dark oak tree”
Darrah is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the dark oak tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the dark oak tree.”
Where it comes from
Darrah is a form of Darragh. Darragh comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darrah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 820
- 0 boys · 820 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 880 as a first name in 2020; 3,170 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.
Darrah’s family of names
Darrah has a related form in Dara. Darrah has a related form in Darra. Darrah has a related form in Darragh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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