Darius

Darius \da-riu(s), dar-i-us\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby boy name Darius is pronounced as DAERiyahS, DahRAYahS or DEHRiyahS (English) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Darius: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Darius?

Darius is used predominantly in the English, German, Iranian, and Lithuanian languages, and its origin is Old Persian. The name is of the meaning protector, wealthy, possessor of good, upholder of good. Derived from the elements 'daraya' meaning to possess, to hold, to maintain ; 'vahu' meaning good, well. Dareios (Old Greek), Darius (Latin), and Dârayavahush (Old Persian) are old forms of Darius. The name was borne by several Persian kings, including Darius I the Great (549BC-486BC) who restored the heritage of Cyrus the Great in the empire, and his great-grandson Darius III (380BC-330BC), who lost the empire to Alexander the Great. It was also borne by an early Christian martyr. The name short names for Daria (English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Russian) is the female form of Darius. The name Darius is widely used; it has 26 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

Other versions used in English consist of name Darian, Darias meaning of name, Darien name popularity, nicknames for Dariess, nicknames for Dario (also used in Italian and Polish), Darion name popularity, Darious name popularity, Darioush name popularity, Darrian definition, Darrien definition, Darrion meaning of name, short names for Darrius, what does the name Derius mean, name Derrias, name Derrious meaning, Derrius meaning, and nicknames for Ladarius. The contraction Daris name, and the pet form name Derry meaning are other English variants. Foreign variants of Darius consist of Dareios meaning and origin (Greek), Dariush pronounciation (Iranian), name Dariusz origin (Polish), Darío definition (Spanish), name Daroosh (Iranian), and nicknames for Daryush (Iranian). Another foreign variant is the pet form baby name Darek (Polish). See also the related forms, Adarius name popularity, Davaris name variations, name Jadarius origin, name Jaquarius, baby name Kadarius, and name Tadarius meaning. Darius is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the peak of its usage in 1994, 0.107% of baby boys were given the name Darius. Its ranking then was #155. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.045% and its ranking #341, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2010, Darius was twice as popular as the next most popular name, Darian meaning of name.

A famous person named Darius is Singer Darius Danesh, born 19 August 1980, Glasgow, Scotland.

List of baby names Darius:

meaning of Darious, name Darcea origin, Darcio meaning of name, name Dareios (Greek), Darias definition, short names for Dariess, Darioush pronounciation, Dariush meaning and origin (Iranian), Darrius pronounciation (English), name Daruka (Indian), Darwishi definition, Dederick meaning, name Deorsa meaning (Gaelic), Derius name popularity, Dhiraja pronounciation (Indian), Diederick meaning and origin (German), Diederik pronounciation (Dutch), Dieric name, Dierich name, and Dieterich meaning (German).

The baby name Darius fun facts:

The name Darius in reverse order is "Suirad".

The numerological value of the name Darius is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Darius?

Darius is in the top names in USA.