Given name
Derrius
“a kingly man; one who is wealthy”
Derrius is a variant of Darius. One Greek interpretation is “a kingly man; one who is wealthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Derrius is a variant of Darius. One Greek interpretation is “a kingly man; one who is wealthy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Derrius is a variant of Darius. An origin associated with Darius is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Derrius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 852
- 852 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,423 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,423 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 602 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.
Derrius’s family of names
Derrius has a related form in Darius.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Derrius
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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