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Daron

Daron: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gift”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
DAIR-un · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Daron is often treated as a variant of Darren or Darin in English use, but it is also used as a form related to Hebrew Doron, meaning 'gift'. Multiple origins are possible depending on family usage.

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How popular is Daron?

20246.3 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Daron in 202421

2024 rank#4,724 boys

Peak year1966

Total US babies since 18807,779

Daron is fading: recent use is about 47% of its level ten years before.

Names like Daron

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Darrengreat · Irish
  • Darenuncertain · Unknown
  • Darringreat · English
  • Darinlittle great one · English
  • Deronmodern variant of Darren or Daron · American (modern coinage)
  • Darrongreat · English
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew

Daron questions

What does the name Daron mean?

Daron means "gift". It comes from Hebrew. Daron is often treated as a variant of Darren or Darin in English use, but it is also used as a form related to Hebrew Doron, meaning 'gift'. Multiple origins are possible depending on family usage.

Is Daron a boy or girl name?

Daron is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Daron?

21 US babies were named Daron in 2024. Its peak year was 1966.

How do you pronounce Daron?

Daron is usually pronounced DAIR-un.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.