Darius (first name)
Darius is a male name . A female form of the name common in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was Daria .
Origin and meaning
Lat. Darius (from Greek Δαρεῖος Dareĩos); Darjawesch , Darawesch etc., actually Dariuvahusch or short form Dariusch , comes from Old Persian and means possessing the good . In Poland (Dariusz) and Iran (Dariusch / Dariush) (pronunciation: dɒːˈɾiːˈuːʃ or, especially in Persian , dɒːˈɾjˈuːʃ) it is a very common male name. The name is also given in various forms of writing in Russia (Darya) , the Baltic States (Darja) and Finland (Tarja) . The name is also known as the name of some kings of the ancient Persian empire of the Achaemenids .
variants
- Dariusz (Polish, nickname Darek)
- Darius (c) h (Persian)
- Dareios
- Dario (Italian, Spanish, Croatian)
Well-known namesake
Personal name
- Three kings of Persia :
- Darius I. or Dareios I.
- Darius II or Dareios II.
- Darius III or Dareios III.
- Darius (media) , also "Darius the Meder" ( Book of Daniel )
First name
- Darius Boyd (born 1987), Australian rugby league player
- Darius Danusevičius (* 1968), Lithuanian forest geneticist
- Darius Garland (* 2000), American basketball player
- Darius Kampa (* 1977), German soccer goalkeeper
- Darius Kasparaitis (* 1972), Lithuanian ice hockey player
- Darius Khondji (* 1955), French cameraman
- Darius Liutikas (* 1977), Lithuanian agricultural politician , Vice Minister
- Darius Maskoliūnas (* 1971), Lithuanian basketball player and coach
- Darius McCrary (born 1976), American actor
- Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), French polytonal composer
- Darius Miller (* 1990), American basketball player
- Darius Nggawa (1929–2008), Indonesian bishop
- Darius Rafat (* 1977), Canadian music producer and composer
- Darius Raulušaitis (* 1975), Lithuanian lawyer, Prosecutor General of Lithuania
- Darius Remeika (* 1972), Lithuanian veterinarian and agricultural politician , Vice Minister
- Darius Rucker (* 1966), American musician
- Darius Ruželė (* 1968), Lithuanian chess grandmaster
- Darius Sadeckas (* 1979), Lithuanian politician, Vice Minister
- Darius Jonas Semaška (* 1967), Lithuanian diplomat, ambassador
- Darius Songaila (* 1978), Lithuanian basketball player
- Darius Trijonis (* 1973), Lithuanian Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Darius Urbonas (* 1974), Lithuanian administrative lawyer and politician, Vice Minister of the Interior
- Darius Vassell (* 1980), English football player
- Dariusz Michalczewski (* 1968), Polish boxer
- Dariusz Wosz (* 1969), German-Polish soccer player and coach
- Dariush Eghbali (* 1951), Iranian musician
family name
- Paul Darius (1893–1962), German architect and university professor
- Steponas Darius (1896–1933), Lithuanian-American pilot, see Darius and Girėnas
- Vincent Darius (1955–2016), Grenadian religious, Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada
Individual evidence
- ↑ DARIUS i. The Name - Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .