Daran

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Daran by the numbers

Daran was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 1965, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Daran

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Daran. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Daracompassion, kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dorandark-haired stranger; a form of Dóirín11 in the US (2017)
  • Dagangrain or corn9 in the US (2017)
  • Daron54 in the US (2017)
  • Daryn37 in the US (2017)
  • Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Daran

Names that are said the same way as Daran, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Darrengreat, mighty464 in the US (2017)
  • Darrina form of Darren; great or dear64 in the US (2017)
  • Darinwealthy, rich; a variant of Darius61 in the US (2017)
  • Darrongreat; variant of Darren22 in the US (2017)
  • Daren7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dayron23 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Daran

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