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Meaning of name Darius

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Meaning

The name Darius has the following meaning:

A man who is very wealthy.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Darius is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 253 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Darius fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 16 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 334 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Darius in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Darius is pronounced as dare-ree-us

Origins

Darius originates from the Greek language.
See other suggested Greek boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Darius and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Darius: Boys - Cristopher, Deo, Galen, Leander, Philip, Girls - Damaris, Dea, Dido, Kittie, Larissa, Leandra, Lexi, Lydia, Ophelia, Sophia, Both genders - Christopher, Cora, Stephanie

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Darius: Darias, Dariess, Darious, Dariusz (Italian), Darrius, Derrias, Derrious, Derrius

Style

We think the name Darius should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Darius to be: Cool and classy chap

In one word, you might describe Darius as a(n) "cool" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Darius (or its variants) are:

Dárius Rusnák, born on 2 December, a famous athlete. Dárius Rusnák's background: A retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for Slovan Bratislava.

Darius Milhaud , born on 4 September, a famous composer. Darius Milhaud 's background: A French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six -also known as the Groupe des Six - and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are particularly noted as being influenced by jazz and for their use of polytonality (music in more than one key at once).

Darius LaVar Miles , born on 9 October, a famous athlete. Darius LaVar Miles 's background: An American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA.
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