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 precious person" in old Persian language. Some sources state it is a modern Germanic or Slavic version of the name “Dario” (a counterpart of Daris in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) or Darius (a transliteration/spelling of the name Daris in some languages).
Because of its meaning, it became a very popular name for a male child among academic families in Europe and in North America.
In the last five years, the name became popular in Austria, especially in the state of Salzburg and is very common in USA, UK and Germany. The name is very popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially in and around the city of Sarajevo, and recently became popular in Croatia - mainly in Northern Adriatic.
In Croatia it is exclusively Croatian name, while in Bosnia exclusively Bosnian - similar situation as with the name “Damir”.
Given name
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Daris Swindler
Daris Ray Swindler (August 13, 1925 – December 6, 2007) was an American anthropologist.
Biography
Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Swindler later served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, working on tankers in the North Atlantic and Pacifi ...
, American anthropologist
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Darris Love
Darris Love (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor, most notable for his role as Raymond 'Ray' Alvarado in Nickelodeon's ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''. Since the show's ending in 1998, he has made appearances in episodes of numerous Ame ...
, American actor
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Darris Kilgour Darris Kilgour is a former professional lacrosse player and coach. Kilgour currently is the head coach of the Seneca WarChiefs ( FNJBLL). He is from the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Lewiston New York.
Player
Kilgour played for the Buffalo B ...
, Former professional lacrosse player and coach
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Darris McCord
Darris Paul McCord (January 4, 1933 – October 9, 2013) was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Tennessee where he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team All-America ...
, American football defensive
Surname
*Joan Darris the protagonist of
The Rainbow Cadenza
''The Rainbow Cadenza'' is a science fiction novel by J. Neil Schulman which won the 1984 Prometheus Award for libertarianism, libertarian science fiction.
Plot summary
The novel tells the story of Joan Darris, a laser art composer and performer ...
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See also
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Dario (disambiguation), counterpart of Daris in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese
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Darius (given name)
Darius is a male given name. Etymologically, it is the English-language transliteration of the Persian name '' Dariush'' ().
Origin and meaning
The origin of the name is the , , composed of 'to hold' + 'good', meaning "he who holds firm the ...
, a transliteration/spelling in some languages
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