as a First Name
From Greek Dareios, originally a transliterated version of the name of various ancient Persian kings. The original form of the name is said to have been Darayavahush, from daraya(miy) ‘possess’ or ‘maintain’ + vahu ‘well, good’. An obscure saint of this name was martyred at Nicaea with three companions at an uncertain date.
| 1,587th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,103
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 43,281
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Georgia
- has the most people named Darius per capita
- 1994
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.99%
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11%
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36%
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52%
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