# Darius (given name)

Darius is an English-rendered masculine given name of Persian origin, derived from the original name Dariush (Persian: داریوش).

## Origin and meaning

The name's origins trace back to Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavauš, which is composed of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹 (Dāraya-, lit. 'to hold') and 𐎺𐎢 (va(h)u-, lit. 'good'), meaning "holding firm the good" from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (lit. 'to hold') and analogous to:
* Ancient Greek: Δᾱρειαῖος (Dareiaîos)
* Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡓𐡉𐡄𐡅𐡔 (Dryhwš)
* Elamite: Da-ri-(y)a-ma-u-iš
* Akkadian: Da-(a-)ri-ia-(a-)muš
Shorter forms include:
* Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Dārayauš)
* Latin: Dārīus, Dārēus
* Armenian: Դարեհ (Dareh)
* Ancient Greek: Δαρεῖος (Dareîos)
* Imperial Aramaic: 𐡃𐡓𐡅𐡔 (Drwš, Drywš)
* Elamite: Da-ri-ya-(h)u-(ú-)iš
* Akkadian: Da-(a-)ri-muš
* Egyptian: Tr(w)š, Trjwš', Intr(w)š, Intrjwš
* Lycian: 𐊑𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊆𐊊𐊁𐊒𐊖 (Ñtarijeus-)

## Notable people with the given name

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### Historical figures

* Darius I (the Great) (521–486 BCE), Persian king
* Darius II (423–404 BCE), Persian king
* Darius III (Codomannus) (336–330 BCE), Persian king
* Darius I of Media Atropatene (85-65 BCE), Persian prince
* Darius Painter, Italian vase painter
* Darius of Pontus, Persian monarch
* Darius the Magnificent (1615-1659), Mughal prince
* Darius the Mede, King of Babylon
* Darius (praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the East in 436 to 437 CE

### A

* Darius Acuff (born 2006), American basketball player
* Darius Adamczyk (born 1966), American businessman
* Darius Adams (born 1989), Bulgarian-American basketball player
* Darius Allen (born 1992), American football player
* Darius Anderson (born 1997), American football player
* Darius Aučyna (born 1989), Lithuanian long jumper

### B

* Darius Baker (1845–1926), Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
* Darius L. Bancroft (1819–??), American politician
* Darius Bazley (born 2000), American basketball player
* Darius Bea (1913–2001), American baseball player
* Darius Blandford (1843–1917), Canadian blacksmith
* Darius Botha (1955–2018), South African rugby union footballer
* Darius Boyd (born 1987), Australian rugby league footballer
* Darius Bradwell (born 1997), American football player
* Darius Florin Brăguși (born 1993), Romanian tennis player
* Darius Brooks (born 1963), American musician
* Darius Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Darius Brubeck (born 1947), American musician
* Darius Buia (born 1994), Romanian footballer
* Darius Butkus (born 1972), Lithuanian footballer
* Darius Butler (born 1986), American football player
* Darius Buzgure (born 1997), Romanian Poet & Artist

### C

* Darius Charles (born 1987), English footballer
* Darius Ciraco (born 1996), Canadian football player
* Darius Clark (1798–1871), American physician and politician
* Darius Clemons (born 1960), American basketball player
* Darius Cobb (1834–1919), American painter
* Darius N. Couch (1822–1897), American soldier
* Darius Cox (born 1983), Bermudian footballer
* Darius Crosby (1768–1818), American politician
* Darius Crouter (1827–1910), Canadian minister
* Dárius Csillag (born 1995), Hungarian footballer

### D

* Darius Campbell Danesh (1980-2022), Scottish pop star
* Darius Paul Dassault (1882–1969), French general
* Darius Days (born 1999), American basketball player
* Darius Defoe (born 1984), British basketball player
* Darius Degutis, Lithuanian diplomat
* Darius de Haas (born 1968), American actor
* Darius Dhlomo (1931–2015), South African footballer
* Darius Dimavičius (born 1968), Lithuanian basketball player
* Darius Draudvila (born 1983), Lithuanian decathlon athlete
* Darius D'Silva (born 1998), Emirati cricketer
* Darius D'Souza (born 1989), Indian-Canadian cricketer
* Darius Durham (born 1961), American football player

### E

* Darius Elias (1972-2021), Canadian politician
* Darius Eubanks (born 1991), American football player

### F

* Darius Fisher, British film producer
* Darius Fleming (born 1989), American football player

### G

* Darius Garland (born 2000), American basketball player
* Darius Goff (1809–1891), American textile manufacturer
* Darius Grala (born 1964), Polish sports car racing driver
* Darius Gray (born 1945), American religious speaker
* Darius Grigalionis (born 1977), Lithuanian swimmer
* Darius Grosu (born 2002), Romanian footballer
* Derrius Guice (born 1997), American football player
* Darius Guppy (born 1964), Anglo–Iranian businessman
* Darius Gvildys (born 1970), Lithuanian footballer

### H

* Darius Hadley (born 1973), American football player
* Darius Haili, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
* Darius Hamilton (born 1993), American football player
* Darius Hanks (born 1989), American football player
* Darius D. Hare (1843–1897), American soldier
* Darius Harper (born 1997), American football player
* Darius Harris (born 1996), American football player
* Darius Helton (1954–2006), American football player
* Darius Henderson (born 1981), English footballer
* Darrius Heyward-Bey (born 1987), American football player
* Darius Hill (born 1985), American football player
* Darius Hillary (born 1993), American football player
* Darius Hodge (born 1998), American football player
* Darius Holbert (born 1974), American musician
* Darius Holland (born 1973), American football player

### I

* Darius Ishaku (born 1954), Nigerian architect

### J

* Darius Jackson (born 1993), American football player
* Darius James (born 1954), American author and performance artist
* Darius Jennings (born 1992), American football player
* Darius S. Jhabvala (1936–1974), Indian-American journalist
* Darius Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Darius Johnson-Odom (born 1989), American basketball player
* Darius Jokarzadeh (born 1993), Welsh weightlifter
* Darius Jones (disambiguation), multiple people

### K

* Darius Kaiser (born 1961), Polish-German cyclist
* Darius Kaleb, American actor
* Darius Kampa (born 1977), German footballer
* Darius Kasparaitis (born 1972), Lithuanian–American ice hockey player
* Darius Kazemi (born 1983), American computer programmer
* Darius Khondji (born 1955), French-Iranian cinematographer
* Darius Kilgo (born 1991), American football player
* Darius Kinsey (1869–1945), American photographer
* Darius Knight (born 1990), English table tennis player
* Darius Koski (born 1971), American guitarist

### L

* Darius Labanauskas (born 1971), Lithuanian darts player
* Darius Latham (born 1994), American football player
* Darius Shaquille Leonard (born 1995), American football player
* Darius Lewis (born 1999), American-Trinidadian footballer
* Darius Lukminas (born 1968), Lithuanian basketball player

### M

* Darius Maciulevičius (born 1973), Lithuanian football midfielder
* Darius Madison (born 1994), American soccer player
* Darius Magdišauskas (born 1969), Lithuanian footballer
* Darius Makaria (born 1993), Romanian handballer
* Darius Marder (born 1973/74), American film director
* Darius Marshall (born 1989), American football player
* Darius Martin (born 1999), American professional wrestler
* Darius Maskoliūnas (born 1971), Lithuanian basketball player
* Darius Mažintas (born 1982), Lithuanian politician
* Darius Msagha Mbela, Kenyan politician
* Darius McCollum (born 1965), American bus driver
* Darius McCrary (born 1976), American actor
* Darius McGhee (born 1999), American basketball player
* Darius Mead (1787–1864), American politician
* Darius Mead (Michigan politician) (1798–1859), American politician
* Darius Miceika (born 1983), Lithuanian footballer
* Darius Miles (born 1981), American basketball player
* Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), French composer
* Darius Miller (born 1990), American basketball player
* Darius Miller (railroad president) (1859–1914), American railway executive
* Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), American banker and philanthropist
* Darius Juozas Mockus (born 1965), Lithuanian entrepreneur
* Darius Clark Monroe (born 1980), American writer
* Darius A. Monsef IV (born 1981), American entrepreneur
* Darius Moon (1851–1939), American architect
* Darius A. Moore (1833–1905), American merchant and politician
* Darius Morris (1991–2024), American basketball player
* Darius Muasau (born 2001), American football player
* Darius Mutamba (born 1991), Zimbabwean visual artist

### N

* Darius Nggawa (1929–2008), Indonesian bishop

### O

* Darius A. Ogden (1813–1889), American lawyer and politician
* Darius Olaru (born 1998), Romanian footballer
* Darius Osei (born 1996), English footballer

### P

* Darius Paul (born 1994), American basketball player
* Darius Perkins (1964–2019), Australian actor
* Darius Perry (born 1999), American basketball player
* Darius Phillips (born 1996), American football player
* Darius Philon (born 1994), American football player
* Darius Powe (born 1994), American football player
* Darius Prince (born 1990), American football player

### Q

* Darius Quimby (died 1791), American police officer

### R

* Darius Rafat (born 1977), Canadian producer
* Darius Regelskis (born 1976), Lithuanian footballer
* Darius Rejali (born 1959), Iranian-American political scientist
* Darius Reynaud (born 1984), American football player
* Darius Reynolds (born 1989), American football player
* Darius Rice (born 1982), American basketball player
* Darius Rochebin (born 1966), Iranian-Swiss journalist
* Darius Rose (born 1985), Canadian actor and Drag Artist known as Jackie Cox
* Darius Roy (born 1998), American basketball player
* Darius Rucker (born 1966), American musician
* Darius Rush (born 2000), American football player
* Dárius Rusnák (born 1959), Slovak ice hockey player
* Darius Ruželė (born 1968), Lithuanian chess player

### S

* Darius Saint-Robinson (born 1991), American football player
* Darius Sanajevas (born 1977), Lithuanian footballer
* Darius Sanders (born 1983), American football player
* Darius Scholtysik (born 1966), German footballer
* Darius Scott (born 1993), American singer-songwriter
* Darius Semaña (born 1973), Filipino guitarist
* Darius Sessions (1717–1809), British politician
* Darius Shu (born 1994), British cinematographer
* Darius Šilinskis (born 1984), Lithuanian basketball player
* Darius Sinathrya (born 1985), Swiss-Indonesian actor
* Darius Sirtautas (born 1970), Lithuanian basketball player
* Darius Škarnulis (born 1977), Lithuanian race walker
* Darius Slay (born 1991), American football player
* Darius Slayton (born 1997), American football player
* Darius S. Smith (1833–1913), American politician
* Darius Songaila (born 1978), Lithuanian basketball player
* Darius Stills (born 1998), American football player
* Darius Strolė (born 1974), Lithuanian cyclist

### T

* Darius Talandis (born 1969), United States Marine, Veterans Service Officer in NY State
* Darius Taylor (born 1978), American basketball coach
* Darius Theus (born 1990), American basketball player
* Darius Thompson (born 1995), American basketball player

### V

* Darius Vâlcov (born 1977), Romanian politician
* Darius Van Arman, American businessman
* Darius van Driel (born 1989), Dutch golfer
* Darius Vassell (born 1980), English footballer
* Darius Victor (born 1994), American football player
* Darius Vinnett (born 1984), American football player

### W

* Darius Walker (born 1985), American football player
* Darius B. Warner (1832–1917), American army officer
* Darius Washington Jr. (born 1985), Macedonian-American basketball player
* Darius Watts (born 1981), American football player
* Darius White (born 1992), American football player
* Darius Williams (born 1998), American football player

### Y

* Darius Young (1938–2021), American sharpshooter
* Darius Yuen (born 1969), Hong Kong banker

### Z

* Darius Zagorskis (born 1969), Lithuanian chess Grandmaster
* Darius Žutautas (born 1978), Lithuanian footballer

## Fictional characters with the name

* 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 multiplayer online battle arena 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
* Darius, main character from Party Hard (video game)
* Darius, character from the Assassin's Creed franchise
* Darius, character from the TV show Atlanta (TV series)
* Darius Bowman, the main protagonist from the TV series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
* Darius Kincade, a character from The Hitman's Bodyguard
* Darius Silva Ganius, prime minister from the Mushoku Tensei
* Darius, character from The Owl House (TV series)