Darius (given name)

Darius

King Darius I of Persia (Darius the Great).
Pronunciation	/dəˈraɪəs/ or /dɛəriːəs/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Meaning	"He possesses"
Other names
Related names	Dariush, Dario

Darius is a male given name. Etymologically it is the English transliteration of the Persian name Dariush, meaning "he possesses" or "rich and kingly". It can be pronounced as either dare-ee-us, dairy-us, or dar-ius, like dar rhyming with the letter R. The name also has another meaning: "He who holds firm to good."

Etymology

The Latin [[[wikt:Darius#Latin|Dārīus, Dārēus]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Greek Δαρεῖος Dareîos, Aramaic [drwš, drywš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Elamite [Da-ri-ya-(h)u-(ú-)iš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Akkadian [Da-(a-)ri-muš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Egyptian [tr(w)š, trjwš, intr(w)š, intrjwš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Lycian [Ñtarijeus-] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), and Old Persian [Dārayauš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), are short forms of Old Pers. 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavauš, (Greek [Dareiaîos] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Aramaic [dryhwš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Elamite [Da-ri-(y)a-ma-u-iš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Akkadian [Da-(a-)ri-ia-(a-)muš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)). The longer Old Persian [Dārayavauš] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) is composed of Dāraya- [hold] + va(h)u- [good], meaning "holding firm the good".

List of people with the given name Darius

Historical People

Persian Kings:

• Darius I (the Great) (521–486 BCE)
• Darius II (423–404 BCE)
• Darius III (Codomannus) (336–330 BCE)

Other Kings, Princes and Politicians:

• Darius I of Media Atropatene
• Darius II of Media Atropatene
• Darius, one of the sons of King Mithridates VI of Pontus
• Darius of Pontus
• Darius the Magnificent
• Darius the Mede
• Darius (praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the East in 436 to 437 CE

Others

• Darius Boyd, an Australian rugby league footballer
• Darius N. Couch, an American soldier
• Darius Campbell, a Scottish singer-songwriter, previously known as Darius Danesh (released albums using first name only)
• Darius Dimavičius, a Lithuanian basketball player
• Darius Grala, a Polish sports car racing driver
• Darius Guppy, public school fraudster
• Darius Johnson-Odom (born 1989), American basketball player
• Darius Kasparaitis (born 1972), Lithuanian–Russian ice hockey player
• Darius Khondji, a French-Iranian cinematographer
• Darius Maciulevičius, a Lithuanian football midfielder
• Darius McCrary, American actor
• Dariusz Michalczewski, a Polish boxer
• Darius Miles (born 1981), American basketball player
• Darius Milhaud, a French composer
• Darius Miller (born 1990), American basketball player
• Darius Mockus, a Lithuanian entrepreneur
• Darius Reynaud, an American football player
• Darius Reynolds (born 1989), American football player
• Darius Rucker (born 1966), American musician
• Darius Songaila (born 1978), Lithuanian basketball player

Fictional characters

• Darius (Highlander), an Immortal from Highlander: The Series
• Darius, a character from Fullmetal Alchemist
• Darrius, a character from Mortal Kombat
• Darius, a character from Need for Speed: Carbon
• Darius, the Hand of Noxus, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
• Darius, a character from The Hunger Games
• Darius, the wolf character from the Patrick Carman books The Land of Elyon.
• Darius Britt, the female main character from Safety Not Guaranteed

See also

• Dario