Meaning and Origin
What does the name Dare mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 2 people from Nigeria and the United Kingdom, the name Dare means "God has vindicated me".
- A submission from Nigeria says the name Dare means "Do good. The full pronunciation of Dare is Oluwadamilare which means, The Lord Justifies Me" and is of African origin.
- A submission from Nigeria says the name Dare means "God has set me free".
- According to a user from Nigeria, the name Dare means "Justified".
- A submission from Nigeria says the name Dare means "Do good" and is of Yoruba origin.
- A submission from Nigeria says the name Dare means "Challenge to take a risk" and is of Nigerian origin.
Note: ☞ The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans.
Note: ☞ Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared.
Etymology: OE. I dar dear, I dare, imp. dorste durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar gidorsta gidurran, OHG. tar torsta turran, Goth. gadar gadaúrsta, Gr. tharsei^n tharrei^n , to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. √70
- To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake."What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything?" [Bagehot.]"To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes." [The Century.]
- To challenge; to provoke; to defy."Time, I dare thee to discover Such a youth and such a lover." [Dryden.]
- The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.(R)"It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise." [Shak.]
- Defiance; challenge."Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers." [Chapman.]"Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to Cæsar." [Shak.]
Etymology: OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid
Etymology: See Dace
- A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy ("he could never refuse a dare")
- Challenge ("I dare you!")
- Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission ("How dare you call my lawyer?")
- To be courageous enough to try or do something ("I don't dare call him" and "she dares to dress differently from the others")
From Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną (“to dare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse (“to dare”), reduplicated stative of the root *dʰers- (“to be bold, to dare”), an *-s- extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). Cognate with Low German dören, Dutch durven, Sanskrit दधर्ष (dadhárṣa), but also with Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús), Albanian nder, Lithuanian drįsti, Russian дерза́ть (derzátʹ).
- A challenge to prove courage.
- The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
- Defiance; challenge.
From Middle English, from Old English darian.
dare was also found in the following language(s): Crimean Tatar, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Leonese, Norman, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Zazaki