Dariush ( fa, داریوش; also spelled ''Darioush'', ''Daryoush'' or ''Daryoosh'') is a common
Persian male given name in
Iran. Dariush is composed of ''dāraya-''
old
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
+ ''vash-''
ood
The Ood are an alien species with telepathic abilities from the long-running science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. In the series' narrative, they live in the distant future (circa 42nd century).
The Ood are portrayed as a slave race, natural ...
meaning "holding firm the good".
It was the throne name of
Darius the Great
Darius I ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his d ...
and two other kings of the
Achaemenid dynasty
The Achaemenid dynasty ( Old Persian: ; Persian: ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) was an ancient Persian royal dynasty that ruled the Achaemenid Empire, an Iranian empire that stretched from Egypt and Southeastern Europe in the west to the In ...
, which thus enjoyed considerable popularity among noblemen in later periods. Historically it has translated into English and Latin as "
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 ...
".
Etymology
The
Modern Persian ,
Latin , ,
Greek ,
Aramaic , ,
Elamite ,
Akkadian Akkadian or Accadian may refer to:
* Akkadians, inhabitants of the Akkadian Empire
* Akkadian language, an extinct Eastern Semitic language
* Akkadian literature, literature in this language
* Akkadian cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo- syllabi ...
,
Egyptian
Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt.
Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:
Nations and ethnic groups
* Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...
, , , ,
Lycian , and
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 ...
, are short forms of Old Pers. , (Greek , Aramaic , Elamite , Akkadian ). The longer Old Persian is composed of
old
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
+
ood
The Ood are an alien species with telepathic abilities from the long-running science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. In the series' narrative, they live in the distant future (circa 42nd century).
The Ood are portrayed as a slave race, natural ...
meaning "holding firm the good".
People
*
Beneil Dariush (born May 6, 1989), Assyrian-American professional mixed martial artist
*
Dariush Arjmand, Iranian actor
*
Dariush Ashoori, Iranian intellectual
*
Dariush (singer)
Dariush Eghbali ( fa, داریوش اقبالی ), known mononymously as Dariush (), is an Iranian singer.
Biography
Childhood and Youth
Dariush was born in Tehran to parents from Mianeh on 4 February 1951. He spent his early years in Mi ...
Dariush Eghbali
Dariush Eghbali ( fa, داریوش اقبالی ), known mononymously as Dariush (), is an Iranian singer.
Biography
Childhood and Youth
Dariush was born in Tehran to parents from Mianeh on 4 February 1951. He spent his early years in Mi ...
(AKA Dariush), Iranian pop singer
*
Dariush Forouhar, leader of the nationalist Mellat Iran party
*
Dariush Homayoon, Iranian politician
*
Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian film director
*
Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany.
Biography
He was born as Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on 25 June 1954 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. Sho ...
, Iranian artist, filmmaker, philosopher
*
Dariush Safvat
Dariush Safvat ( fa, داريوش صفوت; 28 November 1928 – 17 April 2013) also spelled as Daryush Safvat, was a master Persian traditional musician, teacher, and ethnomusicologist. Safvat is best known for his mastery of setar and sa ...
, Persian ethnomusicologist
*
Dariush Shayegan, Iranian academic
*
Roosh V
Daryush Valizadeh (born June 14, 1979), also known as Roosh Valizadeh, Roosh V and Roosh Vorek, is an alt-right American blogger and former pickup artist. Valizadeh writes on his personal blog and also owns the ''Return of Kings'' website, Roosh ...
(AKA Daryush "Roosh V" Valizadeh), controversial American pickup artist
See also
*
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 ...
, an English transliteration/spelling
*
Daris
The name Daris (also spelled Darris) is a male given name in Europe and North America, while in South America, especially in Brasil, it is used as a female name.
There are sources stating its original meaning is “a student" or "a valuable or pr ...
, a transliteration/spelling in Germanic and Slavic languages
References
{{given name, Dariush
Persian masculine given names