Mac Dara - Meaning of Mac Dara

What does Mac Dara mean?

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Mac Dara

[ 3 syll. mac-da-ra, ma-c d-ara ] The baby boy name Mac Dara is pronounced MaeKD-AHRaa- †. Mac Dara has its origins in the Celtic language and it is used largely in Irish. The name Mac Dara means 'son of oak'. It is derived from mac meaning 'son' ; darragh 'oak, oak tree'. The 6th-century Saint Mac Dara is the patron saint of a parish in Connemara; thus the name has been popular in Connemara.

A form of the name is the Irish shortening Dara.

See also the related categories, tree (wood), son (heir), celtic, and irish.

Mac Dara is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Mac Dara include Manchestar, Manchester, Manchestir, Manchestor, Manchestur, Manchestyr, Misteree, Misterey, Misteri, Misterie, Mistery, Monitor, Muqtadir, Mysteree, Mysterey, Mysteri, Mystery, Minstar, Minster, and Minstir.

† English pronunciation for Mac Dara: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"