Darius is an English-rendered masculine given name of Persian origin, derived from the original name Dariush Persian : داریوش ).
Origin and meaning
The name's origins trace back to Old Persian : 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 [Dārayavauš 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹 Dāraya- lit. ' to hold ' ) and 𐎺𐎢 va(h)u- lit. ' good ' ), meaning "holding firm the good "[ 1] Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- lit. ' to hold ' ) and analogous to:
Shorter forms include:
Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 Dārayauš
Latin : Dārīus, Dārēus Armenian : Դարեհ (Dareh Ancient Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareîos
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡓𐡅𐡔 (Drwš, Drywš
Elamite: Da-ri-ya-(h)u-(ú-)iš
Akkadian: Da-(a-)ri-muš
Egyptian : Tr(w)š, Trjwš', Intr(w)š, Intrjwš Lycian : 𐊑𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊆𐊊𐊁𐊒𐊖 (Ñtarijeus-
Notable people with the given name
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Darius Baker (1845–1926), Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme CourtDarius L. Bancroft (1819–??), American politicianDarius Bazley (born 2000), American basketball playerDarius Bea (1913–2001), American baseball playerDarius Blandford (1843–1917), Canadian blacksmithDarius Botha (1955–2018), South African rugby union footballerDarius Boyd (born 1987), Australian rugby league footballerDarius Bradwell (born 1997), American football playerDarius Florin Brăguși (born 1993), Romanian tennis playerDarius Brooks (born 1963), American musicianDarius Brown (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDarius Brubeck (born 1947), American musicianDarius Buia (born 1994), Romanian footballerDarius Butkus (born 1972), Lithuanian footballerDarius Butler (born 1986), American football playerDarius Buzgure (born 1997), Romanian Poet & Artist
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Darius Charles (born 1987), English footballerDarius Ciraco (born 1996), Canadian football playerDarius Clark (1798–1871), American physician and politicianDarius Clemons (born 1960), American basketball playerDarius Cobb (1834–1919), American painterDarius N. Couch (1822–1897), American soldierDarius Cox (born 1983), Bermudian footballerDarius Crosby (1768–1818), American politicianDarius Crouter (1827–1910), Canadian ministerDárius Csillag (born 1995), Hungarian footballer
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Darius Campbell Danesh (1980-2022), Scottish pop starDarius Paul Dassault (1882–1969), French generalDarius Days (born 1999), American basketball playerDarius Defoe (born 1984), British basketball playerDarius Degutis , Lithuanian diplomatDarius de Haas (born 1968), American actorDarius Dhlomo (1931–2015), South African footballerDarius Dimavičius (born 1968), Lithuanian basketball playerDarius Draudvila (born 1983), Lithuanian decathlon athleteDarius D'Silva (born 1998), Emirati cricketerDarius D'Souza (born 1989), Indian-Canadian cricketerDarius Durham (born 1961), American football player
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Darius Hadley (born 1973), American football playerDarius Haili , Papua New Guinean rugby league footballerDarius Hamilton (born 1993), American football playerDarius Hanks (born 1989), American football playerDarius D. Hare (1843–1897), American soldierDarius Harper (born 1997), American football playerDarius Harris (born 1996), American football playerDarius Helton (1954–2006), American football playerDarius Henderson (born 1981), English footballerDarrius Heyward-Bey (born 1987), American football playerDarius Hill (born 1985), American football playerDarius Hillary (born 1993), American football playerDarius Hodge (born 1998), American football playerDarius Holbert (born 1974), American musicianDarius Holland (born 1973), American football player
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Darius Kaiser (born 1961), Polish-German cyclistDarius Kaleb , American actorDarius Kampa (born 1977), German footballerDarius Kasparaitis (born 1972), Lithuanian–American ice hockey playerDarius Kazemi (born 1983), American computer programmerDarius Khondji (born 1955), French-Iranian cinematographerDarius Kilgo (born 1991), American football playerDarius Kinsey (1869–1945), American photographerDarius Knight (born 1990), English table tennis playerDarius Koski (born 1971), American guitarist
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Darius Maciulevičius (born 1973), Lithuanian football midfielderDarius Madison (born 1994), American soccer playerDarius Magdišauskas (born 1969), Lithuanian footballerDarius Makaria (born 1993), Romanian handballerDarius Marder (born 1973/74), American film directorDarius Marshall (born 1989), American football playerDarius Martin (born 1999), American professional wrestlerDarius Maskoliūnas (born 1971), Lithuanian basketball playerDarius Mažintas (born 1982), Lithuanian politicianDarius Msagha Mbela , Kenyan politicianDarius McCollum (born 1965), American bus driverDarius McCrary (born 1976), American actorDarius McGhee (born 1999), American basketball playerDarius Mead (1787–1864), American politicianDarius Mead (Michigan politician) (1798–1859), American politicianDarius Miceika (born 1983), Lithuanian footballerDarius Miles (born 1981), American basketball playerDarius Milhaud (1892–1974), French composerDarius Miller (born 1990), American basketball playerDarius Miller (railroad president) (1859–1914), American railway executiveDarius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), American banker and philanthropistDarius Juozas Mockus (born 1965), Lithuanian entrepreneurDarius Clark Monroe (born 1980), American writerDarius A. Monsef IV (born 1981), American entrepreneurDarius Moon (1851–1939), American architectDarius A. Moore (1833–1905), American merchant and politicianDarius Morris (1991–2024), American basketball playerDarius Muasau (born 2001), American football playerDarius Mutamba (born 1991), Zimbabwean visual artist
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Darius Rafat (born 1977), Canadian producerDarius Regelskis (born 1976), Lithuanian footballerDarius Rejali (born 1959), Iranian-American political scientistDarius Reynaud (born 1984), American football playerDarius Reynolds (born 1989), American football playerDarius Rice (born 1982), American basketball playerDarius Rochebin (born 1966), Iranian-Swiss journalistDarius Rose (born 1985), Canadian actor and Drag Artist known as Jackie CoxDarius Roy (born 1998), American basketball playerDarius Rucker (born 1966), American musicianDarius Rush (born 2000), American football playerDárius Rusnák (born 1959), Slovak ice hockey playerDarius Ruželė (born 1968), Lithuanian chess player
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Darius Saint-Robinson (born 1991), American football playerDarius Sanajevas (born 1977), Lithuanian footballerDarius Sanders (born 1983), American football playerDarius Scholtysik (born 1966), German footballerDarius Scott (born 1993), American singer-songwriterDarius Semaña (born 1973), Filipino guitaristDarius Sessions (1717–1809), British politicianDarius Shu (born 1994), British cinematographerDarius Šilinskis (born 1984), Lithuanian basketball playerDarius Sinathrya (born 1985), Swiss-Indonesian actorDarius Sirtautas (born 1970), Lithuanian basketball playerDarius Škarnulis (born 1977), Lithuanian race walkerDarius Slay (born 1991), American football playerDarius Slayton (born 1997), American football playerDarius S. Smith (1833–1913), American politicianDarius Songaila (born 1978), Lithuanian basketball playerDarius Stills (born 1998), American football playerDarius Strolė (born 1974), Lithuanian cyclist
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Notable people with the surname
Fictional characters with the name
Darius (Highlander ) , an Immortal from Highlander: The Series Darius, a character from Fullmetal Alchemist
Darrius, a character from Mortal Kombat
Darius, a character from Need for Speed: Carbon
Darius, the Hand of Noxus, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends
Darius, a character from The Hunger Games
Darius, the wolf character from the Patrick Carman books The Land of Elyon
Darius Britt, the female main character from Safety Not Guaranteed
Darius, main character from Party Hard (video game)
Darius, character from the Assassin's Creed franchise
Darius, character from the TV show Atlanta (TV series)
Darius Bowman, the main protagonist from the TV series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
Darius Kincade, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
Darius Silva Ganius, prime minister from the Mushoku Tensei
Darius, character from The Owl House (TV series)
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