Darien

Where Darien comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Darien.

  • 3 syllables
Darien through the years
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #3,019 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1960
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1974
    Darien Sills-Evans born
    American actor
  4. 1994
    Darien Nelson-Henry born
    American basketball player
  5. 1994
    Peak, #383
    607 babies named Darien, the most in any year.
  6. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #744.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Darian.
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Darian.
  • A place in the United States:
  • A city in DuPage County, Illinois.
  • An unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri.
Namesakes
  • Darien Nelson-Henry · American basketball player, born 1994
  • Darien Sills-Evans · American actor, born 1974
  • Darien Porter · American football player, born 2001

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.