Daria

Daria is an important saint in Orthodox Christianity. It sounds beautiful when pronounced with the rolled "R". We're an American family of Western origin and we chose this name for our daughter. I can confidently say that she does "uphold the good". We also call her "Dasha".

Great name, the ones who say this is like diarrhea are just immature.

I think Daria is a beautiful name. I love its length, uniqueness, and powerful meaning, “She who holds onto good.” I prefer the pronunciation “Dauh-ree-yuh”; however, I think all of the pronunciations are pretty, and none of them sound like “diarrhea” to me. I also like this name because it ages flawlessly, as I can easily picture it on a female of any age. Overall, I think Daria is a lovely, timelessly elegant name.

My name's Daria and I think the name definitely has a nicer pronunciation in my country (Poland) than how English speakers pronounce it. It's closer to the Italian word 'Aria' than English sound "Doryahh". It's unique and shares resemblance to my favourite fictional character Aria Roscente. I've also been told that "Daria is one of the most beautiful names". If you get teased because of it, don't mind those people. You can play around with the pronunciation if you still feel bad. You can also use pretty nicknames like Dasha, Aria, Ari, Dolly.

This is the female version of Darroch/Darius, cool name.

A popular MTV show and great Cake song, anyone named Daria should prepare for always having their name mispronounced. From using a short vs. long A to being called Darla, Dara, Dora, or even David. Also prepare for the potential of the Beavis and Butthead taunt of Diarrhea.

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It’s not an easy name to have as a child, but it’s unique and filled with quiet grace. I’d want no other name.

As someone who struggled with making friends and felt like an outcast in high school, I resonated with the titular character from the show Daria immediately. She is a great role model for anyone who feels socially out of place! This name is underrated and definitely deserves to be used more, I would love to see more little Darias running around. And for anyone who thinks Daria sounds like "diarrhea", it is a beautiful, unique name and I never would have thought of that if it weren't for Beavis and Butthead. Daria is 3 syllables, diarrhea is 4. This is one of my favorite names and I hope that I will have a daughter someday so I can name her after the girl who showed me how to be myself without caring what others think!

This name is sophisticated and gorgeous.

The ratings are so low for such a pretty name!

I personally don't like the name. In the past, I used to hate it, then I kind of liked it because I found out that in Valyrian (A Game of Thrones language) it means "Queen". However, I keep hating it despite not being such an ugly name. I think part of my hate for it, comes from the fact that Americans pronounce it wrong, almost as if they were saying "diarrhea". I luckily have more names but I will still change this one in a few years.

I think of either diarrhea or dairy when I hear it.

Why is the rating so low? Daria is pretty! It reminds me of butterflies.

"DAR-Yah" = Sounds like a southern American with a thick country accent, saying: "DIARRHEA."

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-I like DAR-E-Uh/Ah, much better.

This is one of my favourite names!
To those of you that say in your comments that you got teased because of your name, I'm really sorry :(
I personally think this is a very unique, natural, and beautiful name.

My name is Daria, I love this name because it is not a common name. I have received many beautiful complement because of my name.

I was thin skinned, got hurt easily, or is it that offensive people are plain no good. Whatever, I still got hurt because I don't engage in making fun of names, etc. I just wanted to feel new, so I changed Daria to Kristaria.

I was named Daria, mom thought it was beautiful. However by the time I turned 40, I legally changed it to
Kristaria, kept the aria part and put the Kris part because Kris is common enough for the public to catch on and not hurt my feelings. Many times people could not grasp it and of course I heard diarrhea, and derrière, but that's life- people are nuts, so anyway people tend to love Kristaria, sometimes confuse it with Christine, but at least Christine can't sound like diarrhea. Sometimes I used to hear Deirdre too, which I also like, but not to hurt mom I kept the aria part, etc.

My names Daria and it’s my favorite name, I hated it as a kid as it was unique and I wanted a name like Britney, but I’m 18 now and I adore the name. I can’t believe all the hate it’s getting in these comments and also saying it’s weird for non Russians to be named it, like that makes no sense! I think it’s one of the most beautiful names there is, everyone I knew growing up would always say it sounded like a princess name, and all my friends told me how pretty it was. I’ve never had anyone call me diarrhea or make fun of my name and I’ve never met anyone who thinks it sounds like Diarrhea. I don't know, maybe it’s just social etiquette, but I don’t see my other friends being told by strangers that they have a really pretty name so I believe these people genuinely like my name. I don't know why in this particular thread it’s getting so much hate but from my life experience everyone has always told me I had a beautiful name. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told at Starbucks how pretty my name is when I give them my name for my order. So to anyone who likes this name but might worry about naming their kids Daria because of all the negative opinions on the name in the comments, just know that I’ve never had this problem and if anything, like I have said, I’ve actually found that people really like my name.

Daria is a lovely name and I love Dasha as a nickname.

DARIA is a little bit harsh and quite common, I think DERYA is unique, beautiful and has a better meaning. It means sea, ocean in Turkish.

I am Russian, married and living in Germany. We called our daughter Daria Beatrix. She is wonderful. We are calling her Daria Beatrix pervaja velikaja (first and great!). Name is rare here however it seems to be well accepted and not questioned too much. Our child seems to be proud of her name, however as you know most of girls in the age of 3-5 in these days prefer to be called Anna or Elsa because of the FROZEN movie for kids (:

Daria is my mother's name. I like it, it has a nice sound, it's short and easy to pronounce as well. She doesn't like it very much though. She says she has grown used to it, but wouldn't have any problem making a name change. Other people like family and friends like it as well. Only she doesn't. It has a nice meaning.

I like the name Daria. I have a friend named that but she used to get teased about it and changed it to Darree. I like both.

Wow, this name has extremely terrible ratings. Personally, I think it's rather nice.

The name sounds quite blatantly Russian to me despite the awesome cartoon character Daria, so it sounds a tad out of place on people who don't have Russian or East European heritage. It's a pretty name, though, and I loved the cartoon. It rarely happens that the spin-off series is better than the series it sprung off from, and Beavis and Butthead was great!

I think Daria is a really cool name. Not many people have it and it's very pretty. Plus, Daria Morgendorffer is one of the most awesome, intelligent, and hilarious cartoon characters ever invented.

Personally, I don't like the name Daria that much. I just don't think that it sounds nice. But, I absolutely adore the show Daria about a very sarcastic teenage girl. I'm pretty sure they don't play it anymore but it rocks.

Nice name but I prefer Dara.

It makes me think of dairy.

It was my name you know and I'm very proud of it!

There are a lot of pet names for Darya in Russian: Dasha, Dashen'ka, Daryushka, Dashunya, Dashechka, Danya... It's a lovely name to have. :)