Name

Name DARK

Between 1930 and 2022 there were 172 births of Dark in the countries below, which represents an average of 2 births of children bearing the first name Dark per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Dark
In Italiano

Nome Dark

Information about the first name Dark

The first name Dark has been assigned to:

12.79% to boys
87.21% to girls

The country where the first name Dark is the most common is:

Brazil

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 4 letters including 1 vowel and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Dark

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Dark : Kadr

Dark in Japanese ^*

Romaji	daaku
Katakana	ダーク
Hiragana	だーく
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Dark in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Dark

English

Etymology

From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”).

Etymology

From Middle English derk, derke, dirke, dyrke, from the adjective (see above), or possibly from an unrecorded Old English *dierce, *diercu (“dark, darkness”).

Etymology

From Middle English derken, from Old English deorcian, from Proto-West Germanic *derkōn.

Etymology (Noun)

dark (usually uncountable, plural darks)
A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
(uncountable) Ignorance.
Till we perceive it by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before.
(uncountable) Nightfall.
A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.

Etymology (Verb)

dark (third-person singular simple present darks, present participle darking, simple past and past participle darked)
(intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
(intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
(transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.

Anagrams

k-rad

Anagrams

k-rad

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: därk, IPA(key): /dɑɹk/
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: därk, IPA(key): /dɑːk/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Homophones: doc, dock (non-rhotic with father-bother merger)

Proper noun

Dark (plural Darks)
A surname.

Proper noun (Statistics)

According to the 2010 United States Census, Dark is the 12399th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2507 individuals. Dark is most common among White (63.66%), Black/African American (20.02%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.57%) individuals.