Macdaragh as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Macdaragh

What is the meaning of the name Macdaragh ?

The baby name Macdaragh is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /mækˈdɑːrə/ (MACK-DAH-rah).

Macdaragh is Irish in Origin.

Macdaragh is a rare Irish given name derived from the Gaelic Mac Dara, literally “son of the oak,” from mac “son” + dara, the genitive of dair “oak” (also linked to Old Irish Dáire, “fruitful”). The spelling with -agh reflects Anglicised influence from Darragh/Daragh. Pronounced roughly mahk-DAH-ruh, it has variants Macdara, Mac Dara, MacDara, and the related elements Dara/Darragh/Dáire/Darach.

Use of the name is rooted in the cult of the early medieval Connemara saint Mac Dara, long venerated by Galway fishermen and commemorated by St MacDara’s Island and local festival traditions. As a forename it persisted sparsely in the west and was revived more widely during the Irish-language renaissance of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Contemporary bearers often choose it for its rugged, nature-linked meaning and distinctive Gaelic profile. Related names include Dara, Darragh, Darach, and Dáire.

⚙ Nothing for Macdaragh shows up in the birth registries or name datasets we track. Most often that means a rare name, a regional or heritage one, or a recent coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.