Given name
Darik
“an oak-hearted man; one who is strong”
Darik is a variant of Darroch. One Irish interpretation is “an oak-hearted man; one who is strong.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darik is a variant of Darroch. One Irish interpretation is “an oak-hearted man; one who is strong.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darik is a variant of Darroch. An origin associated with Darroch is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 520
- 520 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 510 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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