Daria

Where Daria comes from

Feminine form of Darius, of Old Persian origin. Name of an early Christian saint.
— Wiktionary's entry for Daria
  • Old Persian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Daria Nicolodi born
    Italian actress
  3. 1988
    Daria Kinzer born
    Croatian pop singer
  4. 1998
    Peak, #741
    294 babies named Daria — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,348.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old Persian.
Namesakes
  • Daria Nicolodi · Italian actress, 1950–2020
  • Daria Kinzer · Croatian pop singer, born 1988
  • Daria Werbowy · Canadian model, artist, and photographer, born 1983
  • Daria Pikulik · Polish racing cyclist, born 1997
  • Daria Rae · American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.