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Dariusz

Close to 282,000 Polish men carry it, but it has nearly stopped as a newborn name: only 52 boys got it last year. The name means "possessing goodness".

Dariusz Pronunciation

Dariusz is pronounced DAHR-yoosh (/ˈdarjuʂ/).

Alive in 2025
281,738
Newborns 2025
52
National rank
#38
Next name day
19 December
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What Dariusz means

Where Dariusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Dariusz reaches back to Old Persian, to the royal name Dārayavahuš. Its parts are dâraya, "to hold or possess," and vahu, "good," which together give the sense recorded on this page: possessing goodness. Darius the Great ruled that empire, and his name traveled west through Greek and Latin before Polish settled it as Dariusz.

The name has close relatives. Daria and the older Dariya grew from the same Persian root, and the feminine Saint Daria, martyred in Rome alongside Chrysanthus, is remembered on 25 October. For everyday use, Polish keeps the shorter Darka.

Read a school register in Poland and Dariusz will appear among the boys, often clipped by classmates before the teacher reaches the surname. The spelling shifted across languages while the meaning held: posiadający dobro, possessing goodness.

When Dariusz celebrates name day

Dariusz appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 19 December.

Next name day
19 December
Saturday in 2026
Next one in 55 days
Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

Also celebrates

Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.

How many people are named Dariusz

1 in 76 men in Poland is named Dariusz. 281,738 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #38 among male names.

People with the name Dariusz 2019 → 2025
281,738 −11,467 since 2019
2020 292,385 −820
2021 290,423 −1,962
2022 288,089 −2,334
2023 285,899 −2,190
2024 283,981 −1,918
2025 281,738 −2,243

Dariusz's popularity over time

52 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #344 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #38 name among living men, even as it slips to #344 among newborns.

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52 newborns with the name Dariusz in 2025
national rank #344 that year

Where parents choose Dariusz

Dariusz is most popular in Silesian, 39% above the national average (76 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+32%) and Lubusz (+26%). It is least common in Holy Cross and West Pomeranian, 85% and 46% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Silesian
    +39%
    1 in 2,995 babies
  • Lesser Poland
    +32%
    1 in 3,152 babies
  • Lubusz
    +26%
    1 in 3,310 babies
Chosen least
  • Holy Cross
    −85%
    1 in 27,717 babies
  • West Pomeranian
    −46%
    1 in 7,675 babies
  • Lublin
    −39%
    1 in 6,845 babies

Dariusz as a middle name

Dariusz is a first name for 281,738 men in Poland and a middle name for another 89,939, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 35th, between Rafał (97,261) and Aleksander (88,645).

As a first name
281,738
As a middle name
89,939
first name 76% middle name 24%
Middle-name ranking men

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