Daria or Darya (russian: Дарья) is a traditional

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n female name, also used in some other predominantly Eastern Orthodox countries in Europe.

Origin

Saint Daria of Rome is a venerated martyr of the

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

and

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churches, which contributed to widespread adoption of the name. There are two theories as to its origin. According to one version, Daria is the female variant of the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

name

Darius Darius may refer to: Persian royalty ;Kings of the Achaemenid Empire * Darius I (the Great, 550 to 487 BC) * Darius II (423 to 404 BC) * Darius III (Codomannus, 380 to 330 BC) ;Crown princes * Darius (son of Xerxes I), crown prince of Persia, ma ...

(via Latin ''Darius'' and grc, Δαρεῖος ''Dareĩos'' from

Old Persian Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan language, Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native ...

داریوش ''Dārayavauš'', literally "he who holds firm the good", that is, "wealthy", "prosperous" or "maintaining possessions well"). The modern Persian male variant of the name, Daria (Darya), is commonly written as

Dara Dara is a given name used for both males and females, with more than one origin. Dara is found in the Bible's Old Testament Books of Chronicles. Dara �רעwas a descendant of Judah (son of Jacob). (The Bible. 1 Chronicles 2:6). Dara (also known ...

.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Darius , Online Etymology Dictionary. Daria is a Latinized Late Greek variant spelling of Darya. In Modern Persian, ''daryā'' (Old Persian ''drayah-'') coincidentally means "sea". On the other hand, Max Vasmer (among other linguists) regards Daria as a Russian form of the Greek name Δωροθέα (''Dōrothéa''; rendered in English as

Dorothy Dorothy may refer to: *Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name. Arts and entertainment Characters *Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum * Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...

). The Greek name means "God's Gift", from δῶρον ("gift") and θεός ("god").

The Russian name

In 18th-century Russia, about 4% of women had the name Daria. By the late 19th century, the name came to be seen as rustic and became associated with peasant women. In the Soviet period, the name went out of fashion and by 1960 almost totally disappeared. Its popularity increased in the late 20th century, so that by 2006 it was the 3rd most popular name for girls born in

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and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(after Maria and Anastasia). In some regions of Russia it was even the 2nd most popular name. In

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, in 2014, Daria was the 8th most popular name for baby girls. The common Russian diminutive form of this name is Dasha (Даша). The English form "Dolly" was used as a nickname for Darya in Leo Tolstoy's " Anna Karenina."

Spelling variants

* Daryā

* Dareia Late Greek * Daria Latinized Late Greek, Italian,

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

, Spanish &

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

* Croatian,

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

* Slovene *

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

* Czech, Latvian & Slovene * Daruška Czech * Derya

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

* Derya

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

* Daryna

* Tarja Finnish

People

Notable people

Daria Atamanov Daria Atamanov ( he, דריה אטמנוב; born December 6, 2005) is an Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 European All-Around Champion, Silver medallist in Hoop, Clubs, Ribbon, and Team Bronze medallist. During her junior car ...

, Israeli rhythmic gymnast *

Daria Bijak Daria Eva Bijak (born 12 November 1985 in Racibórz, Poland) is a former artistic gymnast representing Germany. She is a two-time German national champion (2005, 2006) and competed for Germany at the 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006 World Artistic Gymn ...

, German gymnast *

Darya Dadvar Darya Dadvar''Daryā'' (دريا) ( Old Persian: ''Drayah'', Middle Persian: ''Drayā'', Sanskrit: ''Jrayaḥ'') is the Persian word for ''Sea'', or ''Ocean'' (similar to ''the'' sea), and ''Dādvar'' (دادور), a combination of ''Dād'' (د ...

, Iranian soprano soloist and composer *

Daria de Pretis ''Daria'' is an American adult animation, adult animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis, Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV. It focuses on the title character, Daria Morgendorffer, ...

, Italian judge *

Daria Dmitrieva Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the 2010 Worl ...

, Russian rhythmic gymnast *

Dariya Nikitichna Dobroczajeva Dariya Nikitichna Dobroczajeva (Ukrainian: Дарія Микитівна Доброчаєва; March 30, 1916, Khyshnyky, now Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine – December 1, 1995, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian botanist and univer ...

, Ukrainian botanist and university teacher * Darya Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete * Daria Dolan, American business news anchor, author and radio host *

Darya Dugina Darya Aleksandrovna Dugina (; 15 December 1992 – 20 August 2022), also known under the pen name Daria Platonova (russian: link=no, Дарья Платонова), was a Russian journalist, political scientist and activist. She was the ...

, Russian journalist and activist *

Daria Gaiazova Daria Gaiazova (born 24 December 1983) is a Canadian cross-country skier. She was born in Russia and moved with her family to Montreal in 1999. Competing since 2001, she finished seventh in the team sprint, 16th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 22nd ...

, Russian-Canadian cross-country skier * Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player * Tarja Halonen, Finnish president *

Daria Halprin Daria Halprin (born December 30, 1948) is an American somatic-expressive arts therapist, author, teacher dancer, and former actress known primarily for her performances in three films of the late 1960s and early 1970s and as founding director of ...

, psychologist, author, dancer and former actress *

Daria Hazuda Daria J Hazuda is a biochemist known for discovering the first HIV Integrase strand transfer inhibitor, Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (InSTIs) and leading the development of the first HIV integrase inhibitor to gain Food and Drug Administra ...

, American biochemist *

Daria Joura Daria "Dasha" Joura (russian: Дарья Владимировна "Даша" Иoурa; born 2 May 1990) is a retired Australian gymnast. She is a triple Australian senior all-around champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the W ...

, Russian-Australian gymnast *

Darya Kasatkina Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She is currently the Russian No. 1 player in singles. She made her top-ten debut in the WTA rankings towards the end of the 2018 season and has been ranked ...

, Russian tennis player * Daria Klimentová, Czech ballet dancer and teacher *

Darya Klishina Darya Igorevna Klishina (russian: Дарья Игоревна Клишина, born 15 January 1991) is a Russian long jumper. Early life Klishina was born in 1991 in Tver, Russian SFSR. At the age of eight, she began playing volleyball, and at ...

, Russian long jumper and model *

Daria Kondakova Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (russian: Дарья Владимировна Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time ( 2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the ...

, Russian rhythmic gymnast *

Daria Kozlova (disambiguation) Daria Kozlova may refer to: * Daria Kozlova (curler), a curler who participated in the European Mixed Curling Championship The European Mixed Curling Championship was a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The ...

Darya Kustova Darya Kustova ( be, Дар'я Кустава; russian: Дарья Кустова; born 29 May 1986) is a former professional Belarusian tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 117 in singles, which she reached in January 2010, and 66 i ...

, Belarusian tennis player *

Daria Lorenci Daria Lorenci Flatz (; born 13 April 1976) is a Bosnian and Croatian television and film actress. She appeared in more than twenty feature films since 2000. She lives and works in Zagreb. Personal life Daria Saltagić was born in Sarajevo to a ...

, Croatian actress *

Daria Marchenko Daria Marchenko (born 1982) is a Ukrainian artist who has worked with bullet shells from the war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine. In 2015, Marchenko created in her studio in Kiev a portrait called "The Face of War" of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

, Ukrainian artist *

Daria Nauer Daria Nauer (born 21 May 1966) is a retired Swiss long-distance runner, who won a bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city ...

, retired Swiss long-distance runner * Daria Nekrasova, Belarusian-American actress and podcaster *

Daria Nicolodi Daria Nicolodi (19 June 1950 – 26 November 2020) was an Italian television and film actress and screenwriter. Early life and career Daria Nicolodi was born in Florence on 19 June 1950. Her father was a Florentine lawyer and her mother, Fu ...

, Italian actress and screenwriter *

Daria Obratov Daria Obratov (; born 12 December 1989) is a Croatian luger. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She used to play handball in her youth, but after knee injury and 8 operations, she took up luge. Zvonimir Hukt ...

, Croatian luger *

Daria O'Neill Daria Eliuk (O'Neill) (born April 26, 1971) is an American radio and television personality and an entertainer based in Portland, Oregon, United States. With a background in theatre, she is known for her irreverent humor. Eliuk has also starred ...

, American radio and television personality * Daria Onysko, Polish sprint athlete *

Daria Pratt Myra Abigail Pratt (''née'' Pankhurst and formerly Wright, later Daria, Princess Karageorgevich, March 21, 1859 – June 26, 1938) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the women's competitio ...

, former American golfer *

Darya Pchelnik Darya Vladimirovna Pchelnik (also Daria or Dariya, ; be, Дар'я Уладзіміраўна Пчэльнік, translit=Darja Uladzimiraŭna Pčeĺnik; born 20 December 1980 or 20 December 1981), is a hammer thrower from Belarus. Her personal ...

, Belarusian hammer thrower *

Darya Pishchalnikova Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova (russian: Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова, born 19 July 1985 in Astrakhan) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Pishchalnikova is the sister of Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Kirill Pishchal ...

, Russian discus thrower * Darya Poverennova, theatre and fil actress * Darya Saltykova, Russian serial killer *

Daria Semegen Daria Semegen (born June 27, 1946) is a contemporary American composer of classical music. While she has composed pieces for traditional instruments – her ''Jeux des quatres'' (1970), for example, is scored for clarinet, trombone, cello, and pi ...

, American composer *

Daria Serova Daria Yevgenyevna Serova (russian: link=no, Дария Евгеньевна Серова, born 24 July 1982 in Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast) is a Russian freestyle skiing, freestyle skier who specializes in the Mogul skiing, moguls discipline. She com ...

, Russian freestyle skier *

Daria Shkurikhina Daria Valeryevna Shkurikhina (russian: Дарья Валерьевна Шкурихина, born 3 October 1990) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion. Career Shkurikhina was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian group a ...

, Russian gymnast *

Daria Strokous Daria Vladimirovna Strokous (russian: Дарья Владимировна Строкоус; born 25 September 1990) is a Russian fashion model, film actress, and photographer. Early life Strokous was born in Moscow, Russia (then still part of ...

, Russian model and film actress *

Darya Safonova Darya Safonova (born 20 March 1981) is a Russian Sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Career In 2005, she was found guilty of pemoline doping (sport), doping. She was List of doping cases in sport, suspended from ...

, Russian sprinter * Darya Saltykova (disambiguation) * Daria Timoshenko, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater *

Daria Trubnikova Daria Sergeyevna Trubnikova (russian: Дарья Сергеевна Трубникова, born 2003) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 European Junior Clubs and Team champion. On national level she is a 2018 Russi ...

, Russian rhythmic gymnast *

Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half o ...

, Finnish singer *

Daria Usacheva Daria Romanovna Usacheva (pronounced Usachyova; russian: Дарья Романовна Усачёва, born 22 May 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 Skate America silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2020 World J ...

, Russian figure skater *

Darja Varfolomeev Darja Varfolomeev (born 4 November 2006) is a German rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Champion with Clubs and All-around Silver Medalist. Career Early life Darja was born in Barnaul, Russia. Her Grandfather is orig ...

, German rhythmic gymnast *

Daria Virolaynen Daria Leonidovna Virolaynen, née Reztsova, (russian: Дарья Леонидовна Виролайнен, fi, Darja Leonidovna Virolainen; born 24 January 1989) is a Russian biathlete. Career Virolaynen was born in Moscow. Her mother is biathl ...

, Russian biathlete *

Daria Werbowy Daria Werbowy (born 19 November 1983) is a Canadian retired fashion model born in Poland. She became a spokesmodel for the French beauty brand Lancôme in 2005. According to '' Forbes'', Werbowy has appeared on over 50 international ''Vogue'' ...

, Canadian-Ukrainian model *

Daria Widawska Daria Widawska (born 1 May 1977 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish actress.Daria Widawska: ...

, Polish actress *

Daria Willis Daria J. Willis is an American academic administrator and historian. She is the president of Howard Community College. Willis was president of Everett Community College from 2019 to 2021. She is the first African American president at both instit ...

, American academic administrator and historian *

Daria Yurlova Darja Jurlova (also spelled Daria Yurlova, born 3 March 1992) is a former Estonian biathlete. She was born in Narva. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ...

(born 1992), Estonian biathlete *

Daria Zuravicki Daria Zuravicki or Darya Zuravicky (born April 14, 1985 in Albany) is an American former competitive figure skater who competed internationally for Israel. She is the 2001–02 Israeli national champion and was the first skater to represent Isra ...

, American figure skater *

Daria Zhukova Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukova (russian: Дарья "Даша" Александровна Жукова; born 8 June 1981) is a Russian-American art collector, businesswoman, magazine editor, and socialite. She is the founder of the Garage M ...

, Russian fashion designer *

Daria Spiridonova Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya (née Spiridonova russian: Дарья Сергеевна Нагорная ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 Europe ...

, Russian Artistic Gymnast

Fictional characters

* Daria Morgendorffer, title character of the MTV animated series '' Daria'' (1997-2002) *Daria, main female character in the 1970's movie '' Zabriskie Point'' * Princess Daria from the 2002 film ''

The Princess and the Pea "The Princess and the Pea" ( da, "Prinsessen paa Ærten"; direct translation: "The Princess on the Pea") is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal ancestry is established by a test of her sensitivity. ...

'' *Tharja, a character in the videogame Fire Emblem Awakening

Notes

References

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