Details for the forename Dara

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Dara (male)


Variants:	Darach (M) Dudley (M)
Diminutive for:	Dubhdara (M) Mac Dara (M) MacDara (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Dubhaltach (M) Dubhdara (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Irish Gaelic, a short form of the Irish name Mac Dara, "son of oak". Dara is Anglicized as Dudley as are Dubhdara and Dubhaltach so we classify these three Irish names as lesser synonyms.