Daria

Daria: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “possesses goodness”
Origin: Persian
Say it: DAR-ee-uh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Feminine form of Darius, from Old Persian Dārayavahush. It has long-standing use across Eastern Europe and Italy.

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How popular is Daria?

202430.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Daria in 2024101

2024 rank#1,952 girls

Peak year1998

Total US babies since 18808,960

Daria has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Daria

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Dariopossessing goodness · Italian
Dariuspossessing goodness · Persian
Darianapossessing goodness · Persian
Dashagift of God · Russian
Estherstar · Persian
Jasminejasmine flower · Persian
Jazminjasmine flower · Persian
Yasminjasmine flower · Persian

Daria questions

What does the name Daria mean?

Daria means "possesses goodness". It comes from Persian. Feminine form of Darius, from Old Persian Dārayavahush. It has long-standing use across Eastern Europe and Italy.

Is Daria a boy or girl name?

Daria is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Daria?

101 US babies were named Daria in 2024. Its peak year was 1998.

How do you pronounce Daria?

Daria is usually pronounced DAR-ee-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.