Darya - the female name of ancient Persian origin, dating back to the dibasic name of the other Persian. 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayava (h) uš (modern spelling - pers. داریوش , “Daryush”): “gift” - “possessing, possessing” + “vaush” - “good, good”. The church form of the name is Darius . Other variants of the name are Darina , Dariana (they were recorded in the modern period, after the October Revolution ). A common short form of the name is Dasha . The male double name is Darius (more precisely, initially the name was male, and the name Daria was formed as a double name for it) [2] . The name Darius in antiquity is the name of three powerful Persian kings (see Darius I , Darius II , Darius III ). Max Fasmer in the Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language believed that the name Daria is a short form of the name Dorotheus [3] .
| Daria | |
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| Origin | ancient Persian |
| Kind | female |
| Male double name | Darius |
| Other forms | Daria, Darina, Dariana |
| Production. forms | Daria, Daria, Dar, Daria, Daria, Daria, Darina, Daruna, Daria, Daria, Dasha, Dashul, Dashun, Dashur, Dashut, Dashuha, Dan [1] |
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Name history
The name Darius in the Christian linguist is primarily associated with the name of the early Christian martyr Darius of Rome , who was executed, according to legend, together with her husband Chrysanthus during the reign of Emperor Numerian ( III century ). In addition to her, the holy calendar mentions another St. Darius, who suffered for the faith under Emperor Trajan (beginning of the II century ).
Derived forms of the name are: Daria, Daria, Dar, Daria, Daria, Daria, Darina, Daruna, Daria, Daria, Dasha, Dashulya, Dashunya, Dashur, Dashuta, Dasha, Dania [1] .
Name frequency
The name Daria was one of the traditionally widespread female Russian names. In the XVIII century it was used in all classes, but was mainly the name of the peasantry and merchants . According to information collected by V. A. Nikonov , in the second half of the 18th century the frequency of the name among the peasant women reached high values: 48 ‰ among the peasant women of the Mozhaisk district (that is, 48 carriers of the name in terms of 1000 counted), 44 ‰ in the Kozelsky district , 41 ‰ - in specific villages of the Moscow Region . For Kolomna merchants, the frequency of the name was 42 ‰, for Moscow - 37 ‰, while for noblewomen this name met with a frequency of 9 ‰ [4] .
Subsequently, during the 19th century, the name acquired a pronounced social specificity, becoming predominantly a peasant common name (along with such names as Agafya , Evdokia , Martha , Matryona , Fokla ) [5] . After the October Revolution, the name almost went out of use and was hardly used when naming newborns in the first decades of Soviet power : it was strongly associated with pre-revolutionary orders, inert peasant life, was considered "vulgar", "philistine". Calculations by V. A. Nikonov of the frequency of names in 1961 , covering 7 regional centers and 10 regions of central Russia, did not reveal a single case of the appellation of this name [6] . It is also absent in the statistical data on the names of newborns in Leningrad from 1920s to 1960s , collected by A. V. Superanskaya and A. V. Suslova [7] .
The revival of interest in the name was outlined in the 1970s . The humorous poem by Viktor Bokov “Daria” is indicative, in which parents and relatives discuss the unexpected choice of a name for a newborn girl:
The young father was angry |
These lines were written in 1962 , that is, when the most "fashionable" names for newborn girls were Irina , Tatyana , Svetlana , Elena , and the name Daria was not used at all. Thus, the verses of Viktor Bokov became a kind of harbinger of a change in the fate of the name. It is also characteristic that in the poem the apparent semantic connection (due to the consonance) of the name Daria with the concept of “gift” is noted: the revival of the name’s popularity was accompanied by its rethinking in the mass consciousness in exactly this way [8] [9] .
As noted by Superanskaya and Suslova, the frequency of the name in Leningrad in the 1980s was already 22 ‰ [7] . At the turn of the 20th - 21st centuries, the name gained widespread popularity, becoming in the 2000s one of the most sought-after female names. So, in Moscow in 2005 the name was in 4th place (frequency was 50 ‰) [10] , and in 2006–2008 the name firmly held 3rd place, giving way only to the names of Anastasia and Maria . In 2005 - 2009 in St. Petersburg the name was noted in the top three [11] [12] . In 2009, in the Khabarovsk Territory , the name by mass ranked 2nd with a frequency of 50 массов, skipping ahead only the name Anastasia [13] .
Name day
- Orthodox name day ( dates are given on the Gregorian calendar ) [14] : February 8, March 14, April 1, April 4, August 17, August 18
- Catholic: October 25
The Saints
- Daria Roman , Martyr
- Darius (Zaitseva) , Martyr
- Daria Shnyakina , the old woman
see also
- Daria (animated series)
- (3321) Dasha - an asteroid
- Odarka
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Petrovsky N.A. Daria (inaccessible link) . Dictionary of Russian personal names . Literacy.ru (2002). Date of treatment November 9, 2015. Archived June 16, 2012.
- ↑ Superanskaya A.V. Dictionary of Russian personal names. - M .: Eksmo, 2006. - (Library of dictionaries). - ISBN 5-699-10971-4 .
- ↑ Fasmer, Max. Daria . Etymological dictionary of the Russian language . Russian Language Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences V.V. Vinogradova. Date of treatment August 1, 2011. Archived April 10, 2012.
- ↑ Nikonov, V.A. Feminine names in Russia in the 18th century // Name and society. - M .: Science, 1974.
- ↑ Superanskaya, A.V., Suslova, A.V. So it was - so it became // About Russian names. - 5th ed., Revised .. - St. Petersburg. : Avalon, 2008.
- ↑ Nikonov, V.A. Russian personal names today // Name and society. - M .: Science, 1974.
- ↑ 1 2 Superanskaya, A.V., Suslova, A.V. Name statistics // About Russian names. - 5th ed., Revised .. - St. Petersburg. : Avalon, 2008.
- ↑ Superanskaya, A.V., Suslova, A.V. Choosing a name for a newborn // About Russian Names. - 5th ed., Revised .. - St. Petersburg. : Avalon, 2008.
- ↑ Dushechkina, E.V. Svetlana The cultural history of the name. - SPb. : European University at St. Petersburg, 2007. - ISBN 978-5-94380-059-7 .
- ↑ The most popular names in Moscow remain Sasha and Nastya . NEWSru.com (August 18, 2006). Date of treatment July 12, 2011. Archived August 23, 2011.
- ↑ The most popular baby names registered in St. Petersburg . The official portal of the administration of St. Petersburg. Date of treatment July 31, 2011. Archived August 23, 2011.
- ↑ The most popular names given by parents to newborns in the city were again Alexander and Anastasia , Gazeta. St. Petersburg (July 17, 2008). Date of treatment July 12, 2011.
- ↑ Popular names for newborns in 2009 . Office of the Civil Registry Office of the Government of the Khabarovsk Territory (03/17/2010). Date of treatment July 12, 2011. Archived August 23, 2011.
- ↑ Saints with the name of Darius . Orthodox calendar . Pravoslavie.ru Date of treatment July 12, 2011. Archived April 10, 2012.