Darius Forename
Approximately 210,176 people bear this name
Darius Forename Definition:
In Persian, ‘a king,’ this name is now comparatively rare even in the U. S. A. There were three Persian kings named Darius; of these, much the greatest was the first (521-485 B. C.). Cf. Caesar.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 100% | 71,540 | 1:1,097 | 196 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 19,188 | 1:154 | 29 |
| Romania | 100% | 18,000 | 1:1,114 | 170 |
| United States | 100% | 17,943 | 1:20,205 | 1,638 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 15,893 | 1:16,231 | 2,315 |
| Philippines | 100% | 8,233 | 1:12,876 | 1,604 |
| Zambia | - | 8,060 | 1:1,967 | 370 |
| Uganda | 98% | 6,490 | 1:6,311 | 735 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 6,285 | 1:1,809 | 394 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 5,766 | 1:12,804 | 1,197 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,972 | 1:11,658 | 1,407 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,965 | 1:32,606 | 1,171 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2,313 | 1:1,908 | 303 |
| England | 100% | 1,744 | 1:31,882 | 1,756 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,676 | 1:4,864 | 522 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,560 | 1:34,957 | 4,033 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,414 | 1:26,893 | 886 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 994 | 1:178,636 | 8,054 |
| Benin | 100% | 913 | 1:11,584 | 1,490 |
| Congo | 100% | 708 | 1:7,075 | 969 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 699 | 1:75,520 | 4,734 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Canada | 100% | 609 | 1:54,406 | 3,477 |
| India | 100% | 605 | 1:2,008,063 | 104,643 |
| Gabon | 100% | 601 | 1:3,134 | 706 |
| Spain | 100% | 575 | 1:80,922 | 2,604 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 460 | 1:50,165 | 3,713 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 396 | 1:82,383 | 3,119 |
| Norway | 100% | 370 | 1:13,871 | 1,016 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 347 | 1:87,752 | 6,389 |
| Ireland | 100% | 346 | 1:13,421 | 827 |
| Malawi | 100% | 338 | 1:50,628 | 3,385 |
| Haiti | 100% | 330 | 1:32,506 | 2,405 |
| Cameroon | 98% | 294 | 1:73,505 | 4,247 |
| France | 100% | 277 | 1:239,965 | 3,589 |
| Sweden | 100% | 216 | 1:45,638 | 2,466 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 197 | 1:6,911 | 1,119 |
| Jamaica | - | 178 | 1:16,198 | 1,499 |
| Australia | - | 143 | 1:95,508 | 3,509 |
| Brazil | 100% | 138 | 1:1,552,436 | 35,516 |
| Thailand | 100% | 138 | 1:507,723 | 23,963 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 130 | 1:130,016 | 5,980 |
| Estonia | 100% | 126 | 1:10,440 | 1,153 |
| Singapore | 100% | 113 | 1:55,638 | 6,770 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 113 | 1:136,494 | 9,143 |
| Russia | 89% | 107 | 1:1,347,979 | 10,418 |
| Denmark | - | 103 | 1:54,849 | 2,006 |
| Namibia | - | 102 | 1:23,570 | 2,016 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 78 | 1:105,301 | 3,249 |
| New Zealand | - | 69 | 1:65,740 | 3,240 |
| Czechia | 98% | 67 | 1:159,047 | 1,419 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 59 | 1:3,014 | 549 |
| Belgium | 100% | 56 | 1:205,179 | 4,972 |
| Scotland | 100% | 53 | 1:100,950 | 2,398 |
| Austria | 100% | 49 | 1:173,759 | 2,800 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Wales | 92% | 47 | 1:65,836 | 2,001 |
| Italy | 99% | 37 | 1:1,650,327 | 12,248 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Guyana | 100% | 36 | 1:21,202 | 2,567 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 34 | 1:699,108 | 32,793 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| Pakistan | 65% | 30 | 1:6,478,589 | 55,825 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 29 | 1:183,106 | 1,295 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Botswana | 100% | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Cambodia | 80% | 24 | 1:678,055 | 12,684 |
| Hong Kong | - | 23 | 1:337,075 | 3,808 |
| Kazakhstan | 89% | 21 | 1:845,088 | 9,826 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Israel | 100% | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Albania | 100% | 18 | 1:169,254 | 9,529 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Greece | 100% | 18 | 1:607,475 | 7,461 |
| Grenada | 100% | 16 | 1:6,758 | 1,006 |
| Mexico | 100% | 16 | 1:7,759,027 | 26,141 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 15 | 1:1,225,298 | 31,975 |
| Belize | 100% | 13 | 1:27,255 | 2,702 |
| Finland | 100% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 13 | 1:8,583 | 1,271 |
| Latvia | 100% | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 9 | 1:204,794 | 1,831 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Peru | - | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Dárius (114), Dariuš (23) & Dàrius (1) are calculated separately.
Darius (20,346) may also be a surname.
Darius Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
In Persian, ‘a king,’ this name is now comparatively rare even in the U. S. A. There were three Persian kings named Darius; of these, much the greatest was the first (521-485 B. C.). Cf. Caesar.
Da-ry'-us, he that inquires and informs himself. The name of several princes, some of whom are mentioned in Scripture. 1. Darius the Mede, Dan. v. 31; ix. 1; xi. 1. He was the son of Astyages, king of the Medes, and brother of Mandane, the mother of Cyrus. 2 Darius, the son of Hystaspes, who is supposed to be hasuerus of Scripture, and the husband of Esther. 3. Darius Codomanus. He was of the royal family of the Persians, but remote from the crown. He was raised to the throne by the famous eunuch Bagoas. He is that Darius with whom Alexander the Great contended in war. See Dan. vii. 5, 6; ii. 39, 40; viii. 5 7, 20 22.
Meaning: investigation: the dwelling will be full of heaviness.
A Persian name, meaning: He that informs himself: preserver.
User-submitted Reference
The original version of this name is ancient, perhaps among the most ancient of all Indo-European names, since it corresponds with a tribe of people who lived in the Pontic Steppes as one of the ancient Indo-European/Aryan tribes called by the Greeks 'Dareitai'. Accordingly, the name Δᾱρεῖος is the Greek version. A very noble name, it appears in the Achaeonid (Ancient Persian nobility) as the name of one of the greatest kings of the EhranShahr, 'the Empire of Ehran' or Iran, as Dārayauš shortened form of Dārayava(h)uš. The evolution of the meaning of this name mirrors the evolution of linguistic development of human languages. In the period in which it is borne by the tribe in the Pontic Steppes, it probably had a meaning of something to do with wood and trees. Since the ancient people were atavistic and worshipped nature, from this we get the meaning of 'given' or 'gift' possibly from the connotation of 'gods give' or 'tree/wood gives blessings' that carries on in the European branch families, in the Greek 'doron', as a gift, in the Latin 'do/dare' to give, in the Slavic 'dar' for gift, and so on. In the period in which the name was borne by Darius I and II, the Kings of Persia, as Dārayauš, it meand 'possessed' or 'in possession of' 'goodness' from 'vahu' confirming the likely origins in atavism and tree worship, as the divergent meaning of giving and possessing likely have something to do with tree spirits giving or taking away (life, prosperity). By the time of the common era, the most common meaning is the one still captured today, where a man with this name is said to be a 'gift' to or from his mother.
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Darius Demographics
Average Male Darius Height
176.48 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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Darius Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Darius in the Russian language | ||
| Дариус | darius | - |
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