Dariush (), also spelled Darioush, Daryoush, or Daryoosh, is a Persian-language masculine

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. It is composed of () and (), meaning ''holding firm the good''. Within the

Achaemenid dynasty The Achaemenid dynasty ( ; ; ; ) was a royal house that ruled the Achaemenid Empire, which eventually stretched from Egypt and Thrace in the west to Central Asia and the Indus Valley in the east. Origins The history of the Achaemenid dy ...

, three rulers of the

Persian Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the larg ...

held the name:

Darius the Great Darius I ( ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of West A ...

(or Darius I),

Darius II Darius II ( ; ), also known by his given name Ochus ( ), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 423 BC to 405 or 404 BC. Following the death of Artaxerxes I, in 424 BC or 423 BC, there was a struggle for power between his sons. The vic ...

, and

Darius III Darius III ( ; ; – 330 BC) was the thirteenth and last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC. Contrary to his predecessor Artaxerxes IV Arses, Darius was a distant member of the Achaemenid dynasty. ...

. It went on to enjoy considerable popularity as a given name among Persian noblemen in later periods. Historically, the name has been transliterated into

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and later into English as "

Darius Darius may refer to: Persian royalty ;Kings of the Achaemenid Empire * Darius I (the Great, 550 to 487 BC) * Darius II (423 to 404 BC) * Darius III (Codomannus, 380 to 330 BC) ;Crown princes * Darius (son of Xerxes I), crown prince of Persia, ma ...

" and is well-known to the

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in this form.

Etymology

The

Modern Persian New Persian (), also known as Modern Persian () is the current stage of the Persian language spoken since the 8th to 9th centuries until now in Greater Iran and surroundings. It is conventionally divided into three stages: Early New Persian (8th/ ...

, ,

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Aramaic Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

, ,

Elamite Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Scythic, Median, Amardian, Anshanian and Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites. It was recorded in what is now southwestern Iran from 2600 BC to 330 BC. Elamite i ...

, Akkadian ,

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, , , , Lycian , and

Old Persian Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of the Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as (I ...

, are short forms of Old Pers. , (Greek , Aramaic , Elamite , Akkadian ). The longer Old Persian is composed of old+

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meaning "holding firm the good".

People

Beneil Dariush Beneil Khobier Dariush (born May 6, 1989) is an American professional mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from ...

(born May 6, 1989), Assyrian-American professional mixed martial artist *

Dariush Arjmand Dariush Arjmand (; born 27 July 1944 in Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian actor. A son of a military father and a housewife mother, he was born in Mashhad and grew up in Mashhad. He started performing in plays at the age of 12. At the age of 26, he st ...

(born 1944), Iranian actor * Dariush Ashoori (born 1938), Iranian intellectual *

Dariush (singer) Dariush Eghbali (), known mononymously as Dariush (), is an Iranian singer that started his music career in early 1970s. Biography Childhood and youth Dariush was born in Tehran to parents from Mianeh on 4 February 1951. He spent his earl ...

(AKA Dariush) (born 1951), Iranian pop singer *

Dariush Forouhar Dariush Forouhar (; 18 August 1928 – 22 November 1998) was an Iranian pan-Iranist politician and leader of Nation Party of Iran. In 1998, he and his wife, Parvaneh Forouhar, were stabbed to death in their home. They were among the victims of ...

(1928-1998), leader of the nationalist Mellat Iran party *

Dariush Homayoon Daryoush Homayoun (; 19282011) was an Iranian journalist, author, intellectual, and politician. He was the Minister of Information and Tourism in the cabinet of Jamshid Amouzegar, founder of the daily newspaper '' Ayandegan'', and one-time high-r ...

(1928-2011), Iranian politician *

Dariush Mehrjui Dariush Mehrjui (‎; 8 December 1939 – 14 October 2023) was an Iranian filmmaker and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts. Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s, which also included direc ...

(1939-2023), Iranian film director * Dariush Mozaffarian (born 1969), Iranian-American medical researcher * Dariush Safvat (1928-2013), Persian ethnomusicologist * Dariush Shayegan (1935-2018), Iranian academic *

Roosh V Daryush Valizadeh (born June 14, 1979), also known as Roosh Valizadeh, Roosh V and Roosh Vorek (or Vörek), is an American former alt-right blogger and pickup artist. Valizadeh wrote on his personal blog and also owned the ''Return of Kings'' we ...

(AKA Daryush "Roosh V" Valizadeh) (born 1976), controversial American pickup artist

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Etymology

People

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