Daren
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Daren by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Daren. In the US, 34 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 762 babies in 1965, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Daren
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 Daren. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Darrengreat, mighty464 in the US (2017)
- Darienwealthy; prosperous; a form of Darius174 in the US (2017)
- Darinwealthy, rich; a variant of Darius61 in the US (2017)
- Davenbeloved; a modern form of David41 in the US (2017)
- Darekdear ruler; a form of Derek17 in the US (2017)
- Dorengift; variant of Dorian5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Daren
Names that are said the same way as Daren, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Daren
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