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Well, it's only female in Jewish or Khmer. In Irish it's male (Khmer's Dara may also be masculine). I pronounce it DAIR-ah, but I doubt that pronunciation is the same in all three ethnicities of the name.
I would, in any case, spell it Dara. Anything else looks kre8iv to me. And I'd especially avoid Darragh if it's for a girl, as it looks like a kre8iv pseudo-Irish spelling.
As for me liking it... I like it, but I'm not crazy about it. It sounds a bit boyish for a girl to me, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Miranda
EDIT: Forgot to sign my name
I would, in any case, spell it Dara. Anything else looks kre8iv to me. And I'd especially avoid Darragh if it's for a girl, as it looks like a kre8iv pseudo-Irish spelling.
As for me liking it... I like it, but I'm not crazy about it. It sounds a bit boyish for a girl to me, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Miranda
EDIT: Forgot to sign my name
This message was edited 11/8/2004, 3:12 PM
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The Dar(r)agh spelling
Dar(r)agh isn't actually kre8iv, although I realise it could be interpreted that way ... When a Gaelic name ends in "ach" or another formation with "h", it's very common for the Anglicised form to feature a silent "gh", which was seen as a reminder or the original Gaelic form.
Obviously Dara doesn't end in H, but the form Darach does (not sure whether that's on the database ...)
This can also be seen in Orla v. Orlagh, the latter spelling referring to the H ending of Ór(fh)laith :-)
Dar(r)agh isn't actually kre8iv, although I realise it could be interpreted that way ... When a Gaelic name ends in "ach" or another formation with "h", it's very common for the Anglicised form to feature a silent "gh", which was seen as a reminder or the original Gaelic form.
Obviously Dara doesn't end in H, but the form Darach does (not sure whether that's on the database ...)
This can also be seen in Orla v. Orlagh, the latter spelling referring to the H ending of Ór(fh)laith :-)
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Forgot to add that Darragh is the commonest form in Ireland right now:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=dara+darragh+daragh&popterm=ir&gender=both&extra=p
Forgot to add that Darragh is the commonest form in Ireland right now:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=dara+darragh+daragh&popterm=ir&gender=both&extra=p
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