Dara or Gabriel?

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For a boy obviously!

Both lovely, Dara my favourite :)

Love both although prefer Dara spelt Darragh.

There are lots of Gabriels near us. I'd go for Dara. But not spelt Darragh (sorry Toobluntforboss)!

Dara. Because I loooooove him.

I'd go for Gabriel. I know Dara is a boys' name but it still sounds too feminine, like Lara/Cara/Sara.

That's no bad thing :)

Dara is great not keen on Gabriel

If you spell it Dara it looks like a girl's name. In fact, it IS a girl's name.

Dara - Gabriel is very now and not very nice. A bit too angelic for a boy.

Gabriel - although obviously biased!

Dara i'd never thought of until i read this post - but it's a grower!

Gabriel may be popular in some areas but i've only ever met two!

i was going to say the same as Vess... thought Dara (to rhyme with Tara) was a girls name

have never seen it as an alternative spelling to Darragh

personally i prefer Gabriel, but then I am slightly biased!

Definitely Gabriel.

It is Irish and definitely a boy's name. Darragh is a variation.

Gabriel is nice but much more popular. Lots of little Gabriels with bowl haircuts running around norf London these days.

Sorry lads, Dara is the correct spelling of the Irish boy's name- Darragh is the english spelling- the girls name is Daire.

I'm Irish and this is according to my SIL who's an Irish teacher. (I checked with her before calling my son Dara).

Love the name and no one has ever connected it to Dara O'Briain, though that wouldn't be a bad thing for me either.

no need for the sighs! i was just saying i'd never come across it as a boys name.

blimey

Gabriel

I really like both, if it matters I'm in NI and Dara is really popular at the minute, I know 5 under 3.