Dara Forename
3,016th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 346,381 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria
Dara Forename Definition:
Day'-rah, generation, house of the shepherd, companion, race of wickedness. A descendant from the patriarch Judah. 1 Chron. ii. 6.
Read More About This ForenameDara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | - | 180,402 | 1:107 | 18 |
| India | 80% | 47,566 | 1:25,541 | 3,633 |
| Cambodia | 84% | 29,530 | 1:551 | 112 |
| United States | 95% | 17,032 | 1:21,286 | 1,676 |
| Thailand | 92% | 13,068 | 1:5,362 | 923 |
| Indonesia | 89% | 11,977 | 1:21,538 | 2,996 |
| Brazil | 100% | 9,729 | 1:22,020 | 1,972 |
| Iran | 100% | 4,071 | 1:19,282 | 1,118 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,814 | 1:25,579 | 3,207 |
| Pakistan | 82% | 3,701 | 1:52,515 | 2,956 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2,065 | 1:3,460 | 476 |
| Ireland | 99% | 2,064 | 1:2,250 | 324 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1,828 | 1:1,928 | 475 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,483 | 1:97,258 | 1,865 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,398 | 1:23,701 | 2,040 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 1,218 | 1:25,000 | 2,404 |
| Cameroon | 52% | 1,114 | 1:19,399 | 1,773 |
| Egypt | 99% | 1,106 | 1:83,093 | 4,020 |
| Bangladesh | - | 916 | 1:174,084 | 9,484 |
| Nigeria | 65% | 840 | 1:211,386 | 8,992 |
| Philippines | 93% | 762 | 1:139,120 | 6,974 |
| Yemen | - | 732 | 1:35,925 | 1,098 |
| Iraq | 80% | 705 | 1:49,671 | 1,739 |
| England | 73% | 609 | 1:91,302 | 3,563 |
| Spain | 100% | 606 | 1:76,782 | 2,543 |
| Croatia | 100% | 489 | 1:8,624 | 714 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 457 | 1:1,389 | 297 |
| Kazakhstan | 57% | 373 | 1:47,579 | 1,983 |
| Chad | 50% | 371 | 1:36,653 | 3,873 |
| Afghanistan | 73% | 336 | 1:97,094 | 3,428 |
| Mexico | 100% | 290 | 1:428,084 | 5,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71% | 280 | 1:29,115 | 2,894 |
| Senegal | 62% | 259 | 1:56,299 | 2,133 |
| France | 67% | 242 | 1:274,671 | 3,888 |
| Poland | 53% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 227 | 1:46,702 | 1,963 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Vietnam | 54% | 208 | 1:445,303 | 1,884 |
| Nepal | 66% | 200 | 1:142,437 | 6,907 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 196 | 1:10,667 | 1,447 |
| Ivory Coast | 74% | 195 | 1:118,338 | 6,886 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 194 | 1:29,008 | 1,851 |
| Netherlands | 94% | 170 | 1:99,424 | 5,163 |
| Sweden | 74% | 154 | 1:64,012 | 3,115 |
| Germany | 67% | 148 | 1:653,229 | 6,152 |
| Turkey | 95% | 140 | 1:555,726 | 7,402 |
| Benin | 100% | 125 | 1:84,607 | 5,557 |
| Australia | - | 122 | 1:111,948 | 3,821 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 91 | 1:14,961 | 1,975 |
| Colombia | 100% | 85 | 1:562,105 | 8,254 |
| Belarus | 100% | 83 | 1:114,246 | 1,135 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Jordan | 100% | 68 | 1:129,806 | 2,277 |
| Israel | 95% | 62 | 1:135,531 | 5,085 |
| New Zealand | - | 61 | 1:74,361 | 3,508 |
| Qatar | 67% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Ukraine | 98% | 61 | 1:745,900 | 2,798 |
| Austria | 100% | 58 | 1:146,797 | 2,578 |
| China | - | 58 | 1:23,552,686 | 60,593 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 55 | 1:44,705 | 1,952 |
| Czechia | 100% | 54 | 1:197,336 | 1,587 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 52 | 1:134,431 | 4,110 |
| Italy | 94% | 52 | 1:1,174,271 | 9,730 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Switzerland | 98% | 45 | 1:182,522 | 4,432 |
| Scotland | 79% | 44 | 1:121,599 | 2,661 |
| Northern Ireland | 69% | 42 | 1:43,884 | 1,179 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Ecuador | - | 36 | 1:492,414 | 5,316 |
| Panama | 100% | 33 | 1:118,381 | 5,491 |
| Norway | 100% | 29 | 1:176,977 | 4,635 |
| Hong Kong | - | 28 | 1:276,883 | 3,560 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 27 | 1:571,252 | 24,615 |
| Belgium | 89% | 25 | 1:459,602 | 7,725 |
| Kosovo | - | 24 | 1:77,560 | 4,787 |
| Argentina | 100% | 23 | 1:1,859,706 | 7,227 |
| Niger | 58% | 23 | 1:834,087 | 13,992 |
| Taiwan | - | 22 | 1:1,080,440 | 39,831 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Nicaragua | 80% | 20 | 1:300,917 | 6,429 |
| Honduras | 100% | 19 | 1:464,077 | 7,312 |
| Kenya | - | 18 | 1:2,572,617 | 21,139 |
| Oman | 100% | 18 | 1:228,259 | 3,410 |
| Saint Lucia | 77% | 17 | 1:10,460 | 1,408 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 17 | 1:1,776,582 | 32,368 |
| Romania | - | 16 | 1:1,253,248 | 22,200 |
| South Africa | 58% | 16 | 1:3,408,291 | 83,416 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 15 | 1:4,087 | 758 |
| Mauritania | 60% | 15 | 1:273,016 | 7,154 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Chile | 100% | 13 | 1:1,354,401 | 10,891 |
| Peru | 100% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| Singapore | 100% | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Palestine | 100% | 12 | 1:379,172 | 2,916 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Guyana | 100% | 10 | 1:76,326 | 6,296 |
| Azerbaijan | 67% | 9 | 1:1,071,438 | 15,295 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| Wales | 75% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Finland | 58% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Slovakia | - | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Dára (1) are calculated separately.
Dara (125,987) may also be a surname.
Dara Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Day'-rah, generation, house of the shepherd, companion, race of wickedness. A descendant from the patriarch Judah. 1 Chron. ii. 6.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: the arm: some read as Dar'da.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Pearl of wisdom.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
This name refers to the 2nd most shining star of the Canis major constellation, one of the most shinning star from the night sky.
- adharamrsThe name Doro or Dara means 'rich', 'wealthy'. Doro is the Tajik form of the Persian name Dara.
- doro_sabohiDara Forename Popularity
Dara Demographics
Dara Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 32 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Dara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dara in the Russian language | ||
| Дара | dara | - |
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