Dariusz
given name · Polish · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Dariusz is a given name, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 42nd most common given name. It appears chiefly in Polish and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /dārayauš/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /dārayava(h)uš/).
- PLPoland1 in 137◐
- NONorway1 in 3.7K
- DKDenmark1 in 14K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈286K ●
- Sources
- 239 ●
- 1 in 137 ◐
across 10 countries
106K records
Official registry-verified
Poland
Meaning & origin●
- LatinDārīus●
- Ancient GreekΔᾱρεῖοςDāreîos●
- Old Persian𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁d-a-r-y-u-š /dārayauš/●
Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /dārayauš/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /dārayava(h)uš/).
Sources 3
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | #42 | 279,482△ | 62K rec. | 1 in 137 | 282K | Dariusz | 213 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 10,431 | 8K rec. | — | 3 | Dariusz | 124 |
| DE Germany | — | 7,033 | 6.1K rec. | — | 1 | Dariusz | 135 |
| US United States | — | 2,550 | 24K rec. | 1 in 130K | 2.5K | Dariusz | 239 |
| NO Norway | #637 | 1,484△ | 503 rec. | 1 in 3.7K | 4.1K | Dariusz | 34 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,226△ | 178 rec. | 1 in 8.3K | 1.2K | Dariusz | 36 |
| AU Australia | — | 920 | 815 rec. | — | 1 | Dariusz | 67 |
| CA Canada | — | 775 | 650 rec. | — | — | Dariusz | 59 |
| IE Ireland | #521 | 497 | 450 rec. | — | — | Dariusz | 31 |
| DK Denmark | — | 411△ | 125 rec. | 1 in 14K | 411 | Dariusz | 45 |
| IS Iceland | #572 | 361△ | 9 rec. | 1 in 972 | 361 | Dariusz | 8 |
| BE Belgium | — | 325 | 242 rec. | — | — | Dariusz | 31 |
Roughly 279K people in Poland bear this name (about 1 in 137). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Polish1.4M97%
- English16K1%
- German7.6K1%
- Norwegian Bokmål4.1K1%
- French2.9K1%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | 1,384,752 | 97% |
| English | 16,489 | 1% |
| German | 7,641 | 1% |
| Norwegian Bokmål | 4,142 | 1% |
| French | 2,924 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 4 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1959 | 5 |
| 1960 | 13 |
| 1961 | 12 |
| 1962 | 23 |
| 1963 | 39 |
| 1964 | 37 |
| 1965 | 42 |
| 1966 | 56 |
| 1967 | 57 |
| 1968 | 73 |
| 1969 | 81 |
| 1970 | 81 |
| 1971 | 73 |
| 1972 | 89 |
| 1973 | 72 |
| 1974 | 69 |
| 1975 | 65 |
| 1976 | 59 |
| 1977 | 57 |
| 1978 | 53 |
| 1979 | 43 |
| 1980 | 41 |
| 1981 | 28 |
| 1982 | 40 |
| 1983 | 41 |
| 1984 | 45 |
| 1985 | 36 |
| 1986 | 42 |
| 1987 | 30 |
| 1988 | 16 |
| 1989 | 10 |
| 1990 | 13 |
| 1991 | 13 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 11 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1998 | 4 |
NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 40 years between 1956–1998. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Dariusz Rosatib. 1946PLPolish economist
- Dariusz Wolskib. 1956PLPolish cinematographer
- Dariusz Jabłońskib. 1961PLPolish film producer
- Dariusz Szlachetkob. 1961PLPolish botanist
- Dariusz Stolab. 1963PLPolish historian
- Dariusz Michalczewskib. 1968PLPolish-German boxer
- Dariusz Woszb. 1969PLGerman football player and coach
- Dariusz Jemielniakb. 1975PLPolish professor of management, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees member
- Darjuš Lavrinovičb. 1979LTnot in their usual nameLithuanian basketball player (born 1979)
- Dariusz Dudkab. 1983PLPolish footballer
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●
Attested in 41 sources across 20 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (Tom II: C-D)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 262 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Dariusz?
- We estimate roughly 286 thousand people bear Dariusz (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
- In which country does Dariusz have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 279 thousand people bear Dariusz in Poland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled dariusz.
- Where is Dariusz most common?
- Dariusz is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 137 people carrying it.
- How common is Dariusz compared with other names?
- In Poland, Dariusz is the 42nd most common given name of 66,904 given names recorded there.
- Is Dariusz a male or female name?
- Dariusz is a male 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.
- What does the name Dariusz mean?
- Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latin Dārīus, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος (Dāreîos), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /dārayauš/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /dārayava(h)uš/).
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dariusz” — the 42nd most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.