Given name & surname · Russian
Дарий
“possessor”
Дарий is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Darius.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Дарий goes back to Ancient Greek Δαρεῖος, meaning “possessor.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Дарий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Дарий has a diminutive in Даря. In Russian usage, Дарий has a feminine form in Дарья. In Bulgarian usage, Дарий has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form DARIUSZ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Дарий has relatives in 61 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
46 related names in 61 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- DarioEsperanto, Tagalog
- DariusSwedish, Czech
- DaraAzerbaijani
- DariuszPolish
- DaryEnglish
- Дарьяfeminine form · Russian
- ダレイオスJapanese
- DareiosEstonian, Swedish
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- DariosSwedish, Catalan
- DarijeCroatian, Serbian
- डेरियसHindi, Finnish
- दाराHindi, Finnish
- داراUrdu, Arabic
- ДарійUkrainian
- டேரியஸ்Tamil
- ดาไรอัสThai
- ДopиюшиTajik
- DarejSlovene
- DáriusSlovak, Hungarian
- ДаријеSerbian
- داريوشPersian
- داریوشPersian
- ദാരിയസ്Malayalam
- ДаријMacedonian
- DarijusLithuanian
- DārijsLatvian
- DaryûsêKurdish
- 다리우스Korean
- 大流士Chinese
- Дараяваушalso known as · Kazakh, Russian
- ДариушKazakh
- DaríoSpanish, Galician
- DaríusIcelandic
- דריוושYiddish
- דָֽרְיָ֣וֶשׁHebrew
- დარიოსGeorgian
- ΔαρείοςGreek
- DárióHungarian
- DáriuszHungarian
- দারিয়াসBengali
- ДарыйBelarusian
- ԴարեհArmenian
- دار يوسArabic
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