Given name
Darya
“a wise woman”·“from the oak tree”
Darya is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darya is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Darya is a form of Daria. An origin associated with Daria is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Darya is used as a form of Daria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,360
- 0 boys · 1,360 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,534 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,534 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,418 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.
Darya’s family of names
Darya has an affectionate form in Dasha. Darya shares a linguistic root with Daria. Darya has a related form in Dara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Darya
- Darya DomrachevaBelarusian biathlete and coachborn 1986
- Daria KasatkinaRussian tennis playerborn 1997
- Daria BilodidUkrainian judokaborn 2000
- Darya DuginaRussian journalist and activist1992–2022
- Darya KlishinaRussian long jumperborn 1991
- Daria SavilleRussian-Australian tennis playerborn 1994
- Darya ChultsovaBelarusian journalistborn 1997
- Darya DontsovaRussian writerborn 1952
- Daria DmitrievaRussian female handball playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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