Darko

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Дарко in MK North Macedonia, BG Bulgaria.

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●

Attested across 6 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◐

Darko is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name3.1K records spelled Darko3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Serbia, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Darkó

• Norwegian Bokmål given name1.1K records spelled Darko7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Darkö, Darkó

• a separate given name1.1K records spelled Darko2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia

  Also written Darkó

• Indonesian given name856 records spelled Darko3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, Indonesia, Serbia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ďåřķő

45 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●

Darko is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., tschechische, bulgari­ sche, serbische, kroatische, makedonische

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In English, A male given name from the Slavic languages.

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

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●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 66 years between 1950–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Darko Suvinb. 1930CACroatian Canadian literary critic
• Darko Rundekb. 1956HRCroatian rock musician
• Darko Pančevb. 1965MKMacedonian footballer (born 1965)
• Darko Milaničb. 1967SISlovenian footballer and manager
• Darko Kovačevićb. 1973RSSerbian footballer
• Darko Perićb. 1977RSSerbian actor
• Darko Tasevskib. 1984MKMacedonian footballer
• Darko Miličićb. 1985RSSerbian basketball player (born 1985)
• Darko Lazovićb. 1990RSSerbian footballer (born 1990)
• Garikoitz Brašanacb. 1992RSnot in their usual nameSerbian 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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 346 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Darko?

We estimate roughly 34 thousand people bear Darko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Darko have the most bearers?

We estimate about 19 thousand people bear Darko in Croatia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled darko.

Where is Darko most common?

Darko is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 222 people carrying it.

How common is Darko compared with other names?

In Croatia, Darko is the 44th most common given name of 13,510 given names recorded there.

Is Darko a male or female name?

Darko 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 Darko mean?

Recorded meaning: Darko är en slavisk smekform av → Darius.