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Daria (name)
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Daria is an ancient name of Persian
origin meaning
"wealthy." It is derived from Darius (from Dariush, dɒrjuʃ). Daria
is a saint
of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. In today's Persian
, Darya can also mean "sea".
The name has been used extensively in Russia
and other Slavic
countries. The common Russian nickname is Dasha. It has sometimes also been seen as a Russian form of the name Dorothy
. Dolly, a diminutive of Dorothy, was also once a common nickname for Daria. The name is also used among Iran
ians, especially those who live near the Caspian sea
.
Additionally, Daria Morgendorffer
was the titular character on an MTV animated television series
that aired from 1997 to 2002.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
origin meaning
"wealthy." It is derived from Darius (from Dariush, dɒrjuʃ). Daria
Saints Chrysanthus and Daria
Saints Chrysanthus and Daria are saints of the Early Christian period. According to legend, Chrysanthus was the only son of an Egyptian patrician, named Polemius or Poleon, who lived during the reign of Numerian. His father moved from Alexandria to Rome. Chrysanthus was educated in the finest...
is a saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. In today's Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, Darya can also mean "sea".
The name has been used extensively in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and other Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
countries. The common Russian nickname is Dasha. It has sometimes also been seen as a Russian form of the name Dorothy
Dorothy (given name)
Dorothy is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα which is derived from the Greek phrase Δώρων Θεός meaning "Gift of God." Although much less common, there are also male equivalents in English such as "Dorie" from the Greek masculine Δωροθέος...
. Dolly, a diminutive of Dorothy, was also once a common nickname for Daria. The name is also used among Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ians, especially those who live near the Caspian sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
.
Additionally, Daria Morgendorffer
Daria Morgendorffer
Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character from MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-head and its spin-off Daria. In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of all Time by TV Guide for her role in the two shows...
was the titular character on an MTV animated television series
Daria
Daria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her...
that aired from 1997 to 2002.
Feminine variants
- Dareia Late GreekGreek languageGreek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
- Daria EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Latinized Late GreekGreek languageGreek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
, RomanianRomanian languageRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova... - Darija CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
, SerbianSerbian languageSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries.... - Darinka Slovene
- Dariya UkrainianUkrainian languageUkrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
- Darja CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, LatvianLatvian languageLatvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
, Slovene - Daruška CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
- Derya TurkishTurkish languageTurkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
- Daryna UkrainianUkrainian languageUkrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
- Tarja FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
Notable people
- Daria BijakDaria BijakDaria Eva Bijak is a German Gymnast raised in Cologne. Bijak is a two time German National Champion and has competed for Germany at 4 World Championships. Bijak placed a very respectable 8th in the All Around competition at the 2005 World Championships, her best result to date...
, German gymnast - Darya DadvarDarya DadvarDaryā Dādvar, is an accomplished Iranian soprano soloist and composer living in Paris, France.-Education:Darya is a native of Rasht but grew up in Tehran. In 1991 she left Iran for France where she studied music. She is a graduate of The National Conservatory in Toulouse, France...
, Iranian soprano soloist and composer - Darya DomrachevaDarya DomrachevaDarya Vladimirovna Domracheva is a Belarusian biathlete who has been competing in the Biathlon World Cup since 2005. She became Junior World Champion in sprint and pursuit in 2005, and received numerous medals between 2005 and 2007...
, Belarusian biathlete - Daria DolanDaria DolanDaria Dolan is an American business news anchor, author, and radio host.Daria Dolan was an anchor, along with husband Ken Dolan, for Dolans Unscripted on CNN. They joined CNN in 2003....
, American business news anchor, author and radio host - Daria Fox, Democratic Party candidate
- Daria GaiazovaDaria GaiazovaDaria Gaiazova is a Canadian cross-country skier.Competing since 2001, she finished seventh in the team sprint, 16th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 22nd in the individual sprint, and 42nd in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit events...
, Russian-Canadian cross-country skier - Daria GavrilovaDaria GavrilovaDaria Gavrilova is a junior Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 347, which she reached on May 02, 2011.Daria highest junior ITF ranking is at No. 1 reached on August 23, 2010.-2010:...
, Russian tennis player - Daria HalprinDaria HalprinDaria Halprin is an American psychologist, author, dancer, and former actress known primarily for her naturalistic performances in three films of the late 1960s and early 1970s.-Early life:...
, psychologist, author, dancer and former actress - Tarja HalonenTarja HalonenTarja Kaarina Halonen is the incumbent President of Finland. The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from 1979 to 2000 when she resigned after her election to the presidency...
, Finnish president - Daria Ilushechkina, Russian pair skater
- Daria JouraDaria JouraDaria "Dasha" Joura is an Australian gymnast. She is a triple Australian senior all around champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006 and 2007.-Personal life:Daria Joura was born in Russia...
, Russian-Australian gymnast - Daria Kawashima, Japanese singer
- Daria KlimentováDaria KlimentováDaria Klimentová is a Czech prima ballerina and photographer.Klimentová trained at the Dance Conservatory Prague. In 1989, she joined the National Theatre Ballet Company in Prague as a soloist and after one year was promoted to principal dancer. In 1992, she joined Cape Town City Ballet in South...
, Czech prima ballerina - Daria KomarkovaDaria KomarkovaDaria Komarkova , born June 20, 1984 in Moscow, Russia is a Russian fashion model.-Early life and modeling start:Komarkova's modeling career began in 1998 when she attended an open call at a Russian casting agency. Although she did not win, she was invited to take part in a Russian modeling agency...
, Russian fashion model - Daria KondakovaDaria KondakovaDaria Kondakova is a Russian rhythmic gymnast from Moscow, Russia.She obtained very good results in her first season , culminating in her all around silver medal at the Worlds Championships in Mie....
, Russian rhythmic gymnast - Daria Kozlova (disambiguation)
- Darya KustovaDarya KustovaDarya Kustova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 117, which she reached on January 18, 2010. Her career high in doubles was 66, set at July 7, 2008.-External links:...
, Belarusian tennis player - Daria McGrain, artist of adult anthropomorphic or furry art and adult manga art
- Daria Melnikova, Russian model and film actress. SolsHi.
- Daria NauerDaria NauerDaria Nauer is a retired Swiss long-distance runner, who won a bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki in a Swiss record time of 31:35.96 minutes.-Achievements:...
, retired Swiss long-distance runner - Daria NicolodiDaria NicolodiDaria Nicolodi is an Italian actress and screenwriter.- Early life and career :Daria Nicolodi was born in Florence on June 19, 1950. Her father was a Florentine lawyer and her mother, Fulvia, was a scholar of ancient languages. Her maternal grandfather was composer Alfredo Casella...
, Italian actress and screenwriter - Daria O'NeillDaria O'NeillDaria Eliuk is a radio and television personality and an entertainer in Portland, Oregon, United States. With a background in theatre, she is known for her irreverent humor, sharp wit, and sexy style. Her first major media roles were as a morning host on local radio station KNRK and as a weather...
, American radio and television personality - Daria Onysko, Polish sprint athlete
- Daria PrattDaria PrattDaria Pankhurst Wright Pratt was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics....
, former American golfer - Darya PchelnikDarya PchelnikDarya Pchelnik is a female hammer thrower from Belarus. Her personal best is 76.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Minsk.She finished tenth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, won the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished fourth at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition she competed at the 2005 World...
, Belarusian hammer thrower - Darya PishchalnikovaDarya PishchalnikovaDarya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova is a female discus thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 65.78 metres, achieved when she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, August 2007....
, Russian discus thrower - Darya PoverennovaDarya PoverennovaDarya Vladimirovna Poverennova , is a Russian theatre and film actress, and the granddaughter of the great Soviet actor Sergey Lukyanov.-Biography:...
, theatre and fil actress - Daria SemegenDaria SemegenDaria Semegen is an important contemporary American composer of classical music. While she has composed pieces for traditional instruments — her Jeux des quatres , for example, is scored for clarinet, trombone, cello, and piano — she is best known as a "respected electronic composer."...
, American composer - Daria SerovaDaria SerovaDaria Yevgenyevna Serova is a Russian freestyle skier who specializes in the moguls discipline.- External links :*...
, Russian freestyle skier - Daria ShkurikhinaDaria ShkurikhinaDaria Valeryevna Shkurikhina is a Russian gymnast and Olympic champion.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she received a gold medal in the rhythmic group competition.-References:*...
, Russian gymnast - Daria StrokousDaria StrokousDaria Strokous is a Russian model, film actress, and photographer. Strokous was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, then still part of the Soviet Union, to Vladimir Strokous, a prominent business man in the city, and Olga Strokous...
, Russian model and film actress - Darya SafonovaDarya SafonovaDarya Safonova is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In 2005 she was found guilty of pemoline doping. She was suspended from the sport between March 2005 to March 2007....
, Russian sprinter - Darya Saltykova (disambiguation)
- Daria TimoshenkoDaria TimoshenkoDaria Timoshenko is a Russian Azerbaijani figure skater. She competed for Russia until 2000, for whom she won the 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.-External links:...
, Russian Azerbaijan figure skater - Daria WerbowyDaria WerbowyDaria Werbowy is a Ukrainian Canadian model. She is perhaps best known as a spokesperson for the French beauty brand Lancôme.-Personal life:...
, Canadian model - Daria WidawskaDaria Widawska-Acting roles:* 2008-2009: 39 i pół * 2007 : Mamuśki * 2007 : Hania * 2006 : Hela w opałach * 2006 : Faceci do wzięcia * 2006 : Egzamin z życia...
, Polish actress - Daria ZuravickiDaria ZuravickiDaria Zuravicki is an American figure skater who competed internationally for Israel. She is the 2001-2002 Israeli national champion and was the first skater to represent Israel in the ladies event at an ISU Championship, which she achieved at the 2001 European Figure Skating Championships...
, American figure skater - Daria ZhukovaDasha ZhukovaDarya Alexandrovna Zhukova is a Russian philanthropist, entrepreneur, model, fashion designer and magazine editor.- Biography :She was born in Moscow in 1981. Her father is Alexander Radkin Zhukov, a prominent Russian businessman, oil-magnate and illegal arms dealer. Her mother is Elena Zhukova, a...
, Russian fashion designer - Daria Valea, Famous photographer and business woman
- Tarja TurunenTarja TurunenTarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....
, Finnish singer
Fictional characters
- Darya Gol, a character in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron animated television series
- Daria MorgendorfferDaria MorgendorfferDaria Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character from MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-head and its spin-off Daria. In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of all Time by TV Guide for her role in the two shows...
, title character of the MTV animated series DariaDariaDaria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her...
Places
- Darya KhanDarya khanDarya Khan is a town of Bhakkar District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Darya Khan Tehsil. The town of Darya Khan is itself subdivided into two Union councils. During British rule the railway station at Darya Khan was built as part of the North-Western Railway...
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... - Darya Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
- Darya Khan RindDarya Khan RindDarya Khan Rind Darya Khan Rind Darya Khan Rind (Sindhi: دريا خان رند (born in Shahpur Chakar), was a Sindhi poet from Shahpur Chakar , Pakistan . He was also the leader of his tribe the Rind, who live in villages near Shahpur Chakar...
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... - Darya Khan TehsilDarya Khan TehsilDarya Khan is an administrative subdivision, , of Bhakkar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Darya Khan is the headquarters of the tehsil....
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...