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Darius

masculine

82First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction
Evidence coverageLimited

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Possessing goodness / holding firm the good.

Why it works

  • a well-established name with a clear, learnable pronunciation
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronounced "dah-REE-us" — may invite a pronunciation check on first meeting

Popularity

Uncommon — #788 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Darius means Possessing goodness / holding firm the good.

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

Englishduh-RY-us or DARE-ee-us — en (English; Behind the Name records two accepted English pronunciations)researched pronunciation
TurkishNo strong structural signal of Turkish/English divergence for this spelling.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanNo strong structural signal of German/English divergence for this spelling.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: moderate — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

en: /də.ˈɹaɪ.əs/

en: /ˈdæɹ.i.əs/

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #788 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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