Daria or Darya is a feminine version of the Greek name

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. The name is derived from the Persian royal name Darayavahush, which comes from a combination of the Old Persian words ''daraya(miy)'', meaning "possess" or "maintain" and ''vahu'', meaning "well, good." Saint Daria of Rome is a venerated martyr of the

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and

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churches, which contributed to widespread adoption of the name.

Usage

In 18th-century Russia, about 4% of women had the name Daria. By the late 19th century, the name came to be seen as rustic and became associated with traditional peasant women. In the Soviet period, the name entirely went out of fashion and by 1960 almost totally disappeared. However, subsequently the popularity rebounded and increased during the late 20th century and into the 21st, so that by 2006 it was the 3rd most popular name for girls born in

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and

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(after Maria and Anastasia). In some regions of Russia it was even the 2nd most popular name. In

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, in 2014, Daria was the 8th most popular name for baby girls. The common Russian diminutive form of this name is Dasha (Даша). The English form "Dolly" was used as a nickname for Darya in Leo Tolstoy's "

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial in ...

." In Ukraine, Dasha is also used as a diminutive form, but there are multiple other forms that are used for the name Daria in Ukraine, amongst others: Odarka, Daryna, Darusia, Darochka.

Spelling variants

* Dārā

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

* Dareia

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* Daria Latinized Late Greek,

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

& English * Croatian,

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

, Lithuanian &

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

* Slovene * Ukrainian & Bulgarian *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

* Däria Kazakh *

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

, Latvian & Slovene * Daruška

* Derya

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...

* Derya Turkish * Daryna Ukrainian * Tarja Finnish

People

* Daria Abramowicz (born 1987), Polish sports psychologist * Daria Atamanov (born 2005), Israeli European champion and Olympic rhythmic gymnast *

Daria Bijak Daria Eva Kiehne (née Bijak) (born 12 November 1985 in Racibórz, Poland) is a German former artistic gymnast. She is a two-time German national champion (2005, 2006) and competed for Germany at the 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006 World Artistic Gymn ...

(born 1985), German gymnast *

Daria de Pretis Daria de Pretis (born 31 October 1956) is an Italian jurist, Constitutional Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy from 11 November 2014 to 11 November 2023 and a Law Professor. Previously she served as Rector of the University of Trento. She ...

(born 1956), Italian judge * Daria Dmitrieva (born 1993), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Dariya Nikitichna Dobroczajeva (1916–1995), Ukrainian botanist and university teacher *

Darya Domracheva Darya Uladzimirauna Domracheva (; born 3 August 1986) is a retired Belarusian biathlete and coach who competed in the Biathlon World Cup from 2006 to 2018. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay and a silver medal in the mass start comp ...

(born 1986), Belarusian biathlete *

Daria Dolan Daria Dolan is an American business news anchor, author, and radio host. Prior to her career in radio and television, Daria was a vice president of a New York Stock Exchange firm. Dolan holds an honorary doctorate in commercial sciences from St. ...

, American business news anchor, author and radio host *

Darya Dugina Darya Aleksandrovna Dugina (; 15 December 1992 – 20 August 2022), also known under the pen name Daria Platonova (), was a Russian journalist, political scientist, and activist. She was the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a far-right politic ...

(1992–2022), Russian journalist and activist * Daria Gaiazova (born 1983), Russian-Canadian cross-country skier *

Daria Gamsaragan Daria Gamsaragan (1907–1986; ) was an Egyptian-born Armenian visual artist and writer, known for her work as a sculptor of miniature objects and medalist. She worked for jewelers and fashion houses in the 1970s. Gamsaragan used the pseudonym ...

(1907–1986), Egyptian-born Armenian visual artist, writer *

Daria Gavrilova Daria Saville (née Gavrilova; born 5 March 1994) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 2021. On 28 August 2017, she reached her best singles rank ...

(born 1994), Russian-Australian tennis player * Daria Halprin (born 1948), American psychologist, author, dancer and former actress * Daria Hazuda, American biochemist * Daria Hodder, Australian professional wrestler * Daria Joura (born 1990), Russian-Australian gymnast *

Daria Kasatkina Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, achieved in October 2022. Kasatkina ha ...

(born 1997), Russian tennis player *

Daria Klimentová Daria Klimentová (born 23 June 1971) is a Czech retired ballet dancer, ballet teacher and photographer . She spent most of her career as a lead principal dancer at English National Ballet. She is currently a teacher at the Royal Ballet Upper Sc ...

(born 1971), Czech ballet dancer and teacher *

Darya Klishina Darya Igorevna Klishina (, born 15 January 1991) is a Russian long jumper. Early life Klishina was born in 1991 in Tver, Russian SFSR. At the age of eight, she began playing volleyball, and at thirteen changed her preference for athletics in lo ...

(born 1991), Russian long jumper and model * Daria Kondakova (born 1991), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Daria Kozlova (disambiguation) *

Darya Kustova Darya Kustova (; ; born 29 May 1986) is a Belarusian former tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 117 in singles, which she reached in January 2010, and 66 in doubles, attained in July 2008. Kustova won one doubles title on the WTA ...

(born 1986), Belarusian tennis player *

Daria Lorenci Daria Lorenci Flatz (; born 13 April 1976) is a Bosnian-born Croatian television and film actress. She appeared in more than twenty feature films since 2000. She lives and works in Zagreb. Personal life Daria Saltagić was born in Sarajevo to ...

(born 1976), Croatian actress * Daria Marchenko, Ukrainian artist * Daria Nauer (born 1966), retired Swiss long-distance runner * Daria Nekrasova (born 1991), Belarusian-American actress and podcaster *

Daria Nicolodi Daria Nicolodi (19 June 1950 – 26 November 2020) was an Italian television and film actress and screenwriter, and associated mostly with the films of director Dario Argento. Early life and career Daria Nicolodi was born in Florence on 19 June ...

(1950–2020), Italian actress and screenwriter * Daria Obratov (born 1989), Croatian luger *

Daria O'Neill Daria Eliuk ( Eckhardt; born April 26, 1971), also known professionally as Daria O'Neill, is an American radio and television personality and an entertainer based in Portland, Oregon, United States. With a background in theatre, she is known for ...

(born 1971), American radio and television personality * Daria Onysko (born 1981), Polish sprint athlete *

Daria Pratt Myra Abigail Pratt ''née'' Pankhurst and formerly Wright, later Daria, Princess Karageorgevich (March 21, 1859 – June 26, 1938) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics on behalf of France. She won the bronze medal in th ...

(1859–1938), former American golfer * Darya Pchelnik (born 1980), Belarusian hammer thrower *

Daria Pikulik Daria Pikulik (born 6 January 1997) is a Polish professional road and Track cycling, track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2020 ...

(born 1997), Polish track cyclist *

Darya Pishchalnikova Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova (, born 19 July 1985 in Astrakhan) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Pishchalnikova is the sister of Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Kirill Pishchalnikov. Career Pishchalnikova rose through the ranks as a young ath ...

(born 1985), Russian discus thrower *

Darya Poverennova Darya Vladimirovna Poverennova (; born June 15, 1972), is a Russian theatre and film actress, and a granddaughter of the great Soviet actor Sergei Vladimirovich Lukyanov, Sergei Lukyanov. Biography Darya Poverennova was born on June 15, 1972. The ...

(born 1972), theatre and film actress * Daria Sadkova (born 2008), Russian figure skater * Darya Safonova (born 1980), Russian sprinter * Darya Saltykova (disambiguation) * Daria Semegen (born 1946), American composer * Daria Serova (born 1982), Russian freestyle skier * Daria Shkurikhina (born 1990), Russian gymnast *

Daria Spiridonova Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya (née Spiridonova ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 European Champion, the 2014 World bronze medalist, and a fou ...

(born 1998), Russian artistic gymnast * Daria Strokous (born 1990), Russian model and film actress *

Daria Timoshenko Daria Timoshenko (born 1 August 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater, who also competed internationally for Azerbaijan. She is the 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 1999 World Junior champion for Russia. Timoshenko re ...

(born 1980), Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater * Daria Trubnikova (born 2003), Russian rhythmic gymnast *

Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. Turunen studied lyrical ...

(born 1977), Finnish singer *

Daria Usacheva Daria Romanovna Usacheva (pronounced Usachyova; , born 22 May 2006) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 Skate America silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2020 World ...

(born 2006), Russian figure skater * Darja Varfolomeev (born 2006), German rhythmic gymnast * Daria Varlamova, Australian pageant titleholder * Daria Virolaynen (born 1989), Russian biathlete *

Daria Werbowy Daria Werbowy (born 19 November 1983) is a Canadian fashion model. She became a spokesmodel for the French beauty brand Lancôme in 2005. According to ''Forbes'', Werbowy has appeared on over 50 international ''Vogue'' covers. She retired a ...

(born 1983), Canadian-Ukrainian model *

Daria Widawska Daria Widawska (born 1 May 1977 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish actress.Daria Widawska: m ...

(born 1977), Polish actress *

Daria Willis Daria J. Willis is an American academic administrator and historian. She is the president of Howard Community College. Willis was president of Everett Community College from 2019 to 2021. She is the first African American president at both instit ...

, American academic administrator and historian * Daria Yurlova (born 1992), Estonian biathlete * Daria Zawiałow (born 1992), Polish singer-songwriter * Daria Zuravicki (born 1985), American figure skater * Daria Zhukova (born 1981), Russian fashion designer

Middle name

Fictional characters

Daria Morgendorffer Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional character and the eponymous main protagonist of the MTV adult animated series ''Daria'', which originally aired from March 1997 to January 2002. She was initially designed and created by ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' ...

, title character of the MTV animated series ''

Daria ''Daria'' is an American adult animation, adult animated sitcom television series created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis, Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV. It centers on the titular character, D ...

'' (1997-2002) *Daria, main female character in the 1970's movie ''

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'' * Princess Daria from the 2002 film ''

The Princess and the Pea "The Princess and the Pea" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who is tested to become the wife to a lonely prince. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in a cheap booklet on 8 May 18 ...

Notes

References

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