Darija

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Дарья in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 6 more, Darina in CZ Czechia, BG Bulgaria, ES Spain and 3 more, Daria in PL Poland, US United States, NO Norway and 1 more and Dariya in IN India, PK Pakistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Darija is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Latvian given name659 records spelled Darija4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Lithuania, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Dārija, Darīja

• a separate name211 records spelled Darija2 spellings in the group

  Also written Darìja

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Darija is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Maghrebi Arabic, an Arabic dialect continuum spoken in the Maghreb region, in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Western Sahara, and Mauritania. (Western Arabic)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Darija (Moroccan variety of spoken Arabic)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dasha Zhukovab. 1981RUnot in their usual nameRussian model
• Daria Werbowyb. 1983PLnot in their usual nameCanadian model, artist, and photographer
• Darya Ekamasovab. 1984RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress
• Darya Domrachevab. 1986BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian biathlete and coach
• Darya Klishinab. 1991RUnot in their usual nameRussian long jumper
• Daria Duginab. 1992RUnot in their usual nameRussian journalist and activist
• Aglaya Tarasovab. 1994RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress
• Daria Gavrilovab. 1994RUnot in their usual nameRussian-Australian tennis player
• Daria Kasatkinab. 1997RUnot in their usual nameRussian tennis player
• Daria Bilodidb. 2000UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian judoka

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 108 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Darija?

We estimate roughly 190 thousand people bear Darija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Darija have the most bearers?

Darija is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled дарья.

Where is Darija most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Darija is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 185 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Darija compared with other names?

In Russia, Darija is the 44th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Darija a male or female name?

Darija is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.