Given name
Darina
Darina is a feminine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Darina is a variant of Daria. An origin associated with Daria is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 729
- 0 boys · 729 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #7,985 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,985 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,158 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.
Darina’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Darina has a diminutive in Darinka. Darina has a related form in Daria. In Slovak usage, Darina has a diminutive in Darka.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Darina
- DaraBulgarian singer-songwriter (born 1998)
- Dara RolinsSlovak recording artist and entrepreneurborn 1972
- Darina MifkovaItalian volleyball playerborn 1974
- Darina TakovaBulgarian opera singerborn 1963
- Darina ValitovaRussian synchronized swimmerborn 1997
- Darina KrasnovetskaUkrainian singerborn 2007
- Darina ShmidtRussian film directorborn 1983
- Darina LaščiakováSlovak singer1931–2026
- Darina Al JoundiFrench-Lebanese actorborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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