Dara is a given name in several languages.

Dara, Daraa, or DARA may also refer to:

Geography

Africa

• Dar'a, region in northern Ethiopia

• Dara (woreda), region in southern Ethiopia

Asia

• Dara (Mesopotamia), an archeological site in Mardin province, Turkey

• Dara, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

• Daraa Governorate, province of Syria

• Daraa, capital city of the Daraa Governorate

Europe

• Dara, Greece, community in Arcadia, Greece

• Dara, a village in Pietroasele Commune, Buzău County, Romania

• Dara, a village in Dorolț Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania

• Daranak, Armenia, also called Dara

Film and entertainment

Dara (film), a 2007 Indonesian short film

• Macabre (film), a 2009 Indonesian film based on the short film Dara

• Dara of Jasenovac a Serbian historical drama film

• Dara (game) West African strategy game

• Dara, a fictional villain in the 1996 Indian film Diljale, portrayed by Amrish Puri

People

• Dara clan, a clan of Jats in India

• Dara (South Korean singer) (born 1984), singer and actress best known as Sandara Park

• Dara (Bulgarian singer) (born 1998), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026

• Dara (Moldovan singer), born Nicoleta Darabană in 1993

• Dara (wrestler) (born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler best known as Kaoru

Family name

• Chan Dara (born 1986), Cambodian footballer

• Daoyod Dara (born 1954), Thai-Vietnamese football player

• DJ Dara (Darragh Guilfoyle), Irish drum and bass DJ in America

• Dur-e Najaf Dara (born 1945), Australian restaurateur

• Eszter Dara (born 1990), Hungarian swimmer

• Evan Dara, American novelist

• Isavella Dara, Greek and French model and beauty contestant

• Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara, Bangladeshi politician

• Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III, 1941) American cornetist, guitarist, and singer

• Sofia Dara (born 1963), Greek swimmer

• Virak Dara (born Kim Hiek, 1947), Cambodian actress

Other uses

• Dara (fish), a West African species of grunt Parakuhlia macropthalma

• Dara River (disambiguation)

• Dara Academy, a school in Thailand

• MV Dara, an ocean liner

• Decreasing absolute risk aversion

Acronyms

• DARA International, non-profit organization working to improve development aid and humanitarian aid

• Defence Aviation Repair Agency, in the United Kingdom

• Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheiten, an agency that was merged into the German Aerospace Center

See also

• Darragh, Irish name

• Darius (disambiguation), English variant of the Persian "Dara"