Dariia
The Ukrainian spelling of Daria, from a Hebrew name meaning "to possess or keep hold of good". It stays uncommon in Poland: sitting just inside the 500 most-given girls' names, and after a peak early this decade it's given a little less each year now.
Dariia Pronunciation
Dariia is pronounced DAHRY-yah (/ˈdarjja/).
What Dariia means
Where Dariia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dariia is the Ukrainian spelling of a name whose meaning has been read as possessing or maintaining good. Older name lists place its origin in Hebrew, and the sense of holding onto what is good has followed it in that reading. Across the border the shorter variant, Daria, does most of the everyday work.
Say the two together and the kinship is obvious. Dariia keeps the doubled i that Ukrainian orthography favours; Daria trims it for a Polish register.
On an imieniny the name has its own day, and a Daria in a Kraków class register will answer to a form of the same word her Ukrainian classmate spells Dariia. The two girls share one meaning. Good, held and kept.
How many people are named Dariia
1 in 3998 women in Poland is named Dariia. 5,639 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #468 among female names.
Dariia's popularity over time
10 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #685 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020. Still the #468 name among living women, even as it slips to #685 among newborns.
Where Dariia is most popular
Dariia is most popular in Łódź, 326% above the national average (5 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+232%) and Greater Poland (+101%). It is least common in Masovian and Lesser Poland, 39% and 5% below average respectively.
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Łódź5 girls born+326%
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Silesian7 girls born+232%
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Greater Poland4 girls born+101%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born−5%
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Masovian2 girls born−39%
Dariia as a middle name
Dariia is a first name for 5,639 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4695th, between Darianna (3) and Dariusza (3).
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4693
3Damayanthi
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4694
3Darianna
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46953Dariia
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4696
3Dariusza
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4697
3Dasza