Daria or Darya is a feminine version of the Greek name

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 ...

. 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

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

and

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

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, 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

Late Greek Late Greek refers to writings in the Greek language in Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine period; and in other words, from about the late 2nd century AD until about the late 7th century AD.See the definitions of "Late Greek" aDictionary.comanT ...

* 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 English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

* 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 Lithuanian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe ** Lithuanian language ** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region ** L ...

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 Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

* Daryna Ukrainian * Tarja Finnish

People

* Daria Abramowicz (born 1987), Polish sports psychologist *

Daria Atamanov Daria Atamanov (, ; born December 6, 2005) is a retired Israeli individual Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, 2022 European all-around Champion, and the 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics Wor ...

(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 Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲjə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(j)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, ...

(born 1993), Russian rhythmic gymnast *

Dariya Nikitichna Dobroczajeva Dariya Nikitichna Dobroczajeva (; March 30, 1916, Khyshnyky, now Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine – December 1, 1995, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian botanist and university teacher. Biography Dobroczajeva was the head of the Bot ...

(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 Daria Gaiazova (born 24 December 1983) is a Canadian cross-country skier. She was born in Russia and moved with her family to Montreal in 1999. Competing since 2001, she finished seventh in the team sprint, 16th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 22nd ...

(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 Daria Halprin (born December 30, 1948) is an American somatic-expressive arts therapist, author, teacher dancer, and former actress known primarily for her performances in three films of the late 1960s and early 1970s and as founding director of ...

(born 1948), American psychologist, author, dancer and former actress *

Daria Hazuda Daria J Hazuda is a biochemist known for discovering the first HIV Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (InSTIs) and leading the development of the first HIV integrase inhibitor to gain FDA approval, Isentress (raltegravir). Her lab also determi ...

, American biochemist * Daria Hodder, Australian professional wrestler *

Daria Joura Daria "Dasha" Joura (; born 2 May 1990) is a retired Australian gymnast. She is a triple Australian senior all-around champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006 and 2007. Biography ...

(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 Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time (2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the 2010 European all-around silver medalist and two-time (2010, 2009) ...

(born 1991), Russian rhythmic gymnast *

Daria Kozlova (disambiguation) The European Mixed Curling Championship was a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005. The European Mixed Curling Championship was replaced with a World Mixed Curling Champ ...

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 Daria Marchenko (born 1982) is a Ukrainian artist who has worked with bullet shells from the war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine. In 2015, Marchenko created in her studio in Kiev a portrait called "The Face of War" of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

, Ukrainian artist *

Daria Nauer Daria Nauer (born 21 May 1966) is a retired Switzerland, Swiss long-distance runner, who won a bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics, 1994 European Championships in Helsinki in a Swiss record time of 31:35.96 ...

(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 Daria Andreevna Sadkova (, born 26 June 2008) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2025 Russian national silver medalist. Early and personal life Sadkova was born on 26 June 2008 in Yoshkar-Ola. Her mother, Anna, is a former lawyer who qu ...

(born 2008), Russian figure skater *

Darya Safonova Darya Safonova (born 20 March 1981) is a Russian Sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Career In 2005, she was found guilty of pemoline doping (sport), doping. She was List of doping cases in sport, suspended from ...

(born 1980), Russian sprinter *

Darya Saltykova (disambiguation) Darya Saltykova may refer to: * Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (1730–1801), Russian serial killer * Darya Petrovna Saltykova (1739–1802), Russian lady-in-waiting and socialite {{hndis, Saltykova, Darya ...

Daria Semegen Daria Semegen (born June 27, 1946) is a contemporary American composer of classical music. While she has composed pieces for traditional instruments – her ''Jeux des quatres'' (1970), for example, is scored for clarinet, trombone, cello, and pi ...

(born 1946), American composer *

Daria Serova Daria Yevgenyevna Serova (, born 24 July 1982 in Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast) is a Russian freestyle skiing, freestyle skier who specializes in the Mogul skiing, moguls discipline. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics ...

(born 1982), Russian freestyle skier *

Daria Shkurikhina Daria Valeryevna Shkurikhina (, born 3 October 1990) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion. Career Shkurikhina was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian group at the 2007 World Championships in Patras, Greece. She also ...

(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 Daria Vladimirovna Strokous (; born 25 September 1990) is a Russian fashion model, film actress, and photographer. Early life Strokous was born in Moscow, Russia (then still part of the Soviet Union) to Vladimir and Olga Strokous. Soon after ...

(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 Darja Varfolomeev (; born 4 November 2006) is a Russian-born German rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Olympic all-around and 2023 World all-around gold medalist and the 2022 World all-around silver medalist. She is a two-time (2024, 2025) E ...

(born 2006), German rhythmic gymnast *

Daria Varlamova Daria Varlamova is a Russian-Australian media personality and pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2021 and represented Australia at the Miss Universe 2021 contest in Eilat, Israel. Early life Varlamova was born in Brj ...

, Australian pageant titleholder *

Daria Virolaynen Daria Leonidovna Virolaynen, née Reztsova, (, ; born 24 January 1989) is a Russian and Finnish biathlete. Career Virolaynen was born in Moscow. Her mother was biathlete and cross country skier Anfisa Reztsova. Virolaynen debuted at the World Cup ...

(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 Daria Barbara Zawiałow (pronounced: ; born August 18, 1992) is a Polish singer-songwriter, composer, and a music journalist. She won the "Debuts" competition at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole in 2009. She received 7 Fryderyk Awar ...

(born 1992), Polish singer-songwriter *

Daria Zuravicki Daria Zuravicki or Darya Zuravicky (; born April 14, 1985, in Albany) is an American former competitive figure skater who competed internationally for Israel. She is the 2001–02 Israeli national champion and was the first skater to represent I ...

(born 1985), American figure skater *

Daria Zhukova Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukova (; born 8 June 1981) is a Russian-American art collector, businesswoman, magazine editor, and socialite. She is the founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and ''Garage Magazine''. Early life and edu ...

(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 ''

Zabriskie Point Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 mil ...

'' * 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 ...

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References

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